Subj : Getting the telnet port number
To   : Ree
From : echicken
Date : Thu Jan 20 2011 01:04 pm

  Re: Getting the telnet port number
  By: Ree to All on Wed Jan 19 2011 10:14:09

 > 1) Is there a property/method I can use to determine what port the telnet
 > server is running on?  Currently I've hardcoded to connect to
 > system.local_host_name on port 23, but ideally I'd like the port number to
 > come from a variable like the host name does

You could use the INI parsing functions to read that out of
/sbbs/ctrl/sbbs.ini, like so:

var f = new File(system.ctrl_dir + "sbbs.ini");
f.open("r");
var telnetPort = f.iniGetValue("BBS", "TelnetPort");
f.close();

(That's off the top of my head, syntax may differ slightly.)

 > 2) Will there be a problem with possibly having multiple connections from th
 > same IP address?  For example 5 different people could all be connecting via

Not that I'm aware of - typically it's a matter of disallowing multiple logons
from the same account rather than IP - but there could be such a setting
somewhere.  If so, not enabled by default afaik.

 > 3) How do I get the service included in the official Synchronet release
 > archives (hopefully enabled by default, but even if it's disabled but includ
 > that would be great too)?  Or do I just distribute on my own site and hope
 > people find it?

Ask DM for a CVS account, or ask someone with a CVS account to post it for you.

echicken
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