Hello everybody!
After reviewing the wiki on migrating Synchronet, I removed and did a fresh install on my Linux
Mint VM. After the install I set it up slightly with scfg. I then copied my data, ctrl, node*,
text, mods,and xtrn directories. After that when I ran scfg again,
nothing was updated, everything
was the way it was before I copied the directories. Am I missing something, why is Synchronet not
reading the newer files?
now that i figured out why i couldnt reply here on my own system. :) do you have your file permissions on the linux side set correctly?
... Nine times out of ten the statisticians are wrong
Re: Re: Migrate Question
By: Robert Wolfe to RickV on Fri Sep 05 2025 10:13 am
now that i figured out why i couldnt reply here on my own system. :) you have your file permissions on the linux side set correctly?
Yea, but still not working right. I think I'm getting close.
On 05 Sep 2025, RickV said the following...
Re: Re: Migrate Question
By: Robert Wolfe to RickV on Fri Sep 05 2025 10:13 am
now that i figured out why i couldnt reply here on my ownsystem. :)
you have your file permissions on the linux side setcorrectly?
Yea, but still not working right. I think I'm getting close.
Just curious, what have you found so far?
Well, I'll try and not be long winded. I have removed and reinstall SBBS about 4 times, installed with the git repo and and ran make. I also followed the unix install from the wiki's. The 1st couple of times it installed into a dir of /home/sbbs/sbbs/, I have copied my Windows SBBS right over the top of it, but it never took for some reason. So I started using ChatGPT, that helped alot. Finally I installed it on the root as /sbbs copied the main directories of sbbs and it'sup and running now. ChatGPT helped correct all the old windows directories and it's working just like under Windows.
right over the top of it, but it never took for some reason. So I started using ChatGPT, that helped a lot.
Re: Migrate Question
By: RickV to Robert Wolfe on Fri Sep 05 2025 01:33 pm
right over the top of it, but it never took for some reason. So I started using ChatGPT, that helped a lot.
What did ChatGPT help with? I've often found ChatGPT is very wrong with certain things, especially Synchronet, as it probably doesn't know much about Synchronet but it still tries to come up with something.
of times it installed into a dir of /home/sbbs/sbbs/,
I have copied my Windows SBBS right over the top of it, but it never
took for some reason. So I started using ChatGPT, that helped alot. Finally I installed it on the root as /sbbs copied the main
directories of sbbs and it'sup and running now. ChatGPT helped
correct all the old windows directories and it's working just like
under Windows.
What exactly did ChatGPT tell you that was helpful in this matter?
I know it probably isn't the way it should have gone, but it seems
clean and running good. check it out if you'd like... livewirebbs.com:1025.
On 05 Sep 2025, RickV said the following...
I know it probably isn't the way it should have gone, but it seems clean and running good. check it out if you'd like... livewirebbs.com:1025.
As soon as I can find a decent telnet client that works under Windows
Server 2025 I will.
On 05 Sep 2025, RickV said the following...
I know it probably isn't the way it should have gone, but it seems clean and running good. check it out if you'd like... livewirebbs.com:1025.
As soon as I can find a decent telnet client that works under Windows Server 2025 I will.
| Sysop: | Tetrazocine |
|---|---|
| Location: | Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
| Users: | 12 |
| Nodes: | 8 (0 / 8) |
| Uptime: | 40:02:27 |
| Calls: | 175 |
| Files: | 21,502 |
| Messages: | 77,967 |