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<div align=center><h1>MBSE BBS FAQ and Howto.</h1></div>
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<div align=right><h5>Last updated 11-May-2002</h5></div>
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Author: P.E. Kimble aka King Kimerud
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kimerud@bayhaus.org
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Introduction
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This FAQ is a work in progress. It is not complete, nor does its author claim
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that it is complete. This FAQ only answers questions pertaining to using MBSE
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BBS on your Linux box. It is a compilation of previous questions that Michiel
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Broek has recieved and answered from us newbies in getting MBSE up & running.
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<ol>
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<li><a name="_Installation"></a><a href='#1'>Installation</a></li>
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<li><a href='#1.1'>Why do I have to install MBSE in the /opt directory?</a></li>
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<li><a href='#1.2'>What other operating systems will MBSE run on?</a></li>
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<li><a href='#1.3'>Will MBSE ever be ported to DOS/Windows or OS/2?</a></li>
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<li><a href='#1.4'>What does the quest switch in the bbs user setup mean?</a></li>
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<li><a href='#1.5'>How do I monitor as the things happen?</a></li>
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<li><a href='#1.6'>How do I start mbsebbs from inetd?</a></li>
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<p> </p>
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<li><a name="_Fidosetup"></a><a href='#2'>Fidonet Setup</a></li>
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<li><a href='#2.1'>The nodelist compiler crashes, why?</a></li>
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<li><a href='#2.2'>What is the purpose of the "Comment" line in the tic area setup?</a></li>
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<li><a href='#2.3'>How do I poll a node?</a></li>
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<li><a href='#2.4'>I created a filerequest but mbcico doesn't call out.</a></li>
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<li><a href='#2.5'>Does MBSE support fidonet via ftp feeds?</a></li>
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<p> </p>
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<li><a name="_Inetsetup"></a><a href='#3'>Internet Setup</a></li>
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<li><a href='#3.1'>Posting newsmessages to the newsserver fails.</a></li>
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<li><a href='#3.2'>FTP fidonet feeds how-to.</a></li>
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<p> </p>
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<li><a name="_BBSsetup"></a><a href='#4'>BBS Setup</a></li>
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<li><a href='#4.1'>How do I run DOS doors under MBSE BBS?</a></li>
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<h3><a name="1">1. Installation.</h3>
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<table width=100%>
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<tr><td width=50 valign=top><a name="1.1">Q 1.1</a></td><td>Why do I have to install MBSE in
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the /opt directory?</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top>A 1.1</td><td>
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The /opt is for extra applications, when mbse is installed there it
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is easier to upgrade the OS. If you insist on installing in /usr/local
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the choose /usr/local/mbse.
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<tr><td width=50 valign=top><a name="1.2">Q 1.2</a></td><td>
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What other operating systems will MBSE run on?
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<tr><td valign=top>A 1.2</td><td>
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Currently only on most Linux distributions, FreeBSD and NetBSD.
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The author, Michiel Broek,
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has made a valiant effort ensuring that MBSE will recognize and
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install on the major distributions of Linux.
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<a href='#_Installation'><img src='images/hand.up.gif' border=0 alt='Up'></a>
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<tr><td width=50 valign=top><a name="1.3">Q 1.3</a></td><td>
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Will MBSE BBS ever be ported to DOS/Windows or OS/2?
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<tr><td valign=top>A 1.3</td><td>
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<tr><td width=50 valign=top><a name="1.4">Q 1.4</a></td><td>
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What does the guest switch in BBS user setup mean?
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<tr><td valign=top>A 1.4</td><td>
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Nothing yet.
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<tr><td width=50 valign=top><a name="1.5">Q 1.5</a></td><td>
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How do I monitor as the things happen?
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<tr><td valign=top>A 1.5</td><td>
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tail -f /opt/mbse/log/system.log or start mbmon.
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<a href='#_Installation'><img src='images/hand.up.gif' border=0 alt='Up'></a>
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<tr><td width=50 valign=top><a name="1.6">Q 1.6</a></td><td>
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How to start mbsebbs from inetd?
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This is described in the documentation of the <a
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href="programs/mblogin.html">mblogin</a> program.
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<a href='#_Installation'><img src='images/hand.up.gif' border=0 alt='Up'></a>
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<h3><a name="2">2. Fidonet setup.</h3>
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<tr><td width=50 valign=top><a name="2.1">Q 2.1</a></td><td>
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The nodelist compiler crashes, why?
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Note: From previous experience, it is vital that you follow the docs
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closely. Also, ensure that you have a copy of a valid nodelist and
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nodediff file. I have ran into problems where either the noddiffs
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don't match the nodelist, the crc checks fail, or I have files from
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two different zones. I have even had to back up several months before
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finding a valid noddiff that would match the nodelist.
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Make sure the domain translations do exist, with mbsetup enter
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menu 17 and save it even if you didn't change anything.
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<a href='#_Fidosetup'><img src='images/hand.up.gif' border=0 alt='Up'></a>
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<tr><td width=50 valign=top><a name="2.2">Q 2.2</a></td><td>
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What is the purpose of the "Comment" line in the tic area setup?
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<tr><td valign=top>A 2.2</td><td>
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The downlinks will see this when receiving FileMgr replies. It is
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meant only as a description for the filearea.
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<a href='#_Fidosetup'><img src='images/hand.up.gif' border=0 alt='Up'></a>
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How do I poll a node?
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mbout poll f2802.n280.z2
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<a href='#_Fidosetup'><img src='images/hand.up.gif' border=0 alt='Up'></a>
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I created a filerequest but mbcico doesn't call out.
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You need to add a poll for that node to do the call.
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<a href='#_Fidosetup'><img src='images/hand.up.gif' border=0 alt='Up'></a>
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Does MBSE support fidonet via ftp transfers?
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No, not directly. It is a matter of using scripts to translate the .*lo
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(*.flo, *.clo, *.dlo, *.ilo) files for each node, and copying the node's
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outbound files to their respective directory.
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<a href='#2.5'>Refer to 3.2.</a>
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<h3><a name="3">3. Internet setup.</h3>
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Posting newsmessages to the newsserver fails.
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Check if you need the "mode reader" command for the newsserver.
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Set this flag in mbsetup 1.15.5
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How do I configure MBSE for my ftp filenet feeds?
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<li>In mbsetup menu 1.4.12:2, remove any reference to a DOS translation
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path.
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This will give you a "True" path to your files directory where mbcico tosses
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Ftp Script for running a ftp feed with MBSE.<br>
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NOTE: Gracefully contributed by Janis Kacht <janis@filegate.net>
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This script does not delete or change the .flo file. It reads it in and
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creates a new script that will be used to move and copy the files to the
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outbound directory you specify on the command line. Just call this script,
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then call the finalflo.sh script with the directory name where the files
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parseflo <enter>
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You will need a full path to the flo file in the "test" line below
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the name of the flo file (it's not going to be 00000063.flo)
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cp /home/ftp/pub/filegate/fg_worf/filegate.zxx $1
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cp /home/ftp/pub/filebone/admin/backbone/backbone.z1b $1
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mv /opt/mbse/mail/outbound/00000063/dooqi39m.tic $1
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</pre>
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<p>
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Janis Kracht can not and will not be held liable if harm is done to your
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computer system due to any use of this script, either directly or indirectly.
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This script works perfectly when instructions are followed, and the correct
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directories are substitiuted. How it will affect your system, is the
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responsiblity of the system administrator!
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<li>
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Do not forget to test this setup. It has work fine on my system, but
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nothing works the way it should the first time out of the box! Pay close
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attention to the ftp script and directories you enter. It seems as if 75%
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of the problems experinced with this sed script is due to improper
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outbound directories
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</ol>
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</td></tr></table>
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<a href='#_Inetsetup'><img src='images/hand.up.gif' border=0 alt='Up'></a>
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<p>
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<hr>
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<h3><a name="4">4. BBS setup.</h3>
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<table width=100%>
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<tr><td width=50 valign=top><a name="4.1">Q 4.1</a></td><td>
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How do I run DOS doors under MBSE BBS?
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</td></tr>
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<tr><td valign=top>A 4.1</td><td>
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<pre>Written by: Redy Rodriguez, sysop of Parolas BBS 2:348/609
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Fidonet: Redy rodriguez 2:348/609
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Email: redy@users.sourceforge.net
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Redy_Rodriguez@f609.n348.z2.fidospain.org
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</pre>
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<p>
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<b>NO WARANTEE</b>
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<p>
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The information gathered here, works for the indicated intention.
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It is proven and working in PAROLAS BBS, however, I do not guarantee that it
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works correctly in all the cases.
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The author is not responsible for the damage this can cause.
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If you follow the instructions, and you get not the expected result, or as
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a result of it you get undesired results, you loose data or destroy your
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system, you you will be the only person in charge.
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<p>
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<b>INTRODUCTION</b>
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<p>
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This document describes how I have been able to execute MS/DOS doors in
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MBSEBBS. Probably it is not the best way to do it, but this is the one that
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works for me.
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If somebody finds one more more effective, or simpler or safer a solution,
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the I like to hear this solution.
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<p>
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<b>WHAT IS NEEDED?</b>
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<p>
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MBSEBBS is correctly compiled and working, in my case I have the version
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0.33.19, that is at the moment the most recent and stable, I suppose that
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this method can be valid for newer versions.
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DOSEMU 1.0.2 I have tried previous versions, but these do not work correctly
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with virtual ports. You can download dosemu.1.02.tgz from
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<a href="www.dosemu.org">www.dosemu.org</a>,
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you may also need to download the freedos archive dosemu-freedos-bin-1.02.tgz.
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A partition with MS/DOS, I have on my disc a partition with installed MS/DOS,
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and that is the one that I use, but I'm sure that many doors could work
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correctly with the freedos.
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You also need <b>sudo</b>.
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Sudo is a utility that let's ordinary users execute certain programs as
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superuser, this is available with almost all Linux distributions.
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<p>
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<b>COMPILING DOSEMU</b>
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<p>
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Unpack dosemu in some directory, for example /usr/src, then changed into
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that directory and execute 'make'. When this is ready we have dosemu compiled.
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If we already had a previous version of dosemu it is advisable to uninstall it
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before continuing.
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Copy dosemu-freedos-bin-1.02.tgz to the toplevel directory of the dosemu source
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and execute:
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<pre>
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./install_systemwide -fd dosemu-freedos-bin-1.02.tgz
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</pre>
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In the directory etc, within the directory where we have decompressed the
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source code of dosemu we have configuration examples. Create the directory
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/var/lib/dosemu if it does not exist the directory, and copy global.conf to
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that directory. Also copy dosemu.conf to directory /etc and copy
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dosemu.users.secure as dosemu.users to /etc.
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<p>
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<b>CONFIGURE THE DOS PARTITION</b>
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<p>
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Now we must configure the dos partition, in my case this exists as a mounted
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dos partition in /dos/c. If this is not the case then you could work with an
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image of freedos. I have created in my dos partition a directory c:\doors
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where I install all doors that I want to use, and a file called c:\doors.bat
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with the following contents:
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<pre>
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@echo off
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c:
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cd \doors
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if exist %1.bat call %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
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c:\dosemu\exitemu
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</pre>
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Change to the directory /var/lib/dosemu and create directory called for
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example 'c':
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<pre>
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mkdir c.
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</pre>
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A link to the mounted partition could be made but I prefer to create a new
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directory and in that directory make links to dos program which are only
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of interest for us. Many programs and directories of the dos partition
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are not needed in dosemu and to run doors.
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Change to the created directory and make links to everything what we have
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in our dos partition (we will erase soon what we do not need).
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Autoexec.bat and config.sys must copied instead of making links so we can
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modify them, because surely we will want that they are different in dosemu,
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then in real dos.
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<pre>
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cd c
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ln -s /dos/c/* .
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rm autoexec.bat
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rm config.sys
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cp /dos/c/autoexec.bat config.sys .
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</pre>
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Create a directory dosemu and copy the typical utilities of dosemu.
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<pre>
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mkdir dosemu
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cp /usr/src/dosemu-1.02/1.0.2.0/commands/* dosemu
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</pre>
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Now we modify the copy of config.sys and autoexec.bat to erase everything what
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is not necessary to execute our games as doors, like drivers for cdrom, mouse
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etc... We will clear the keyboard driver 'KEYB XX' and make sure that in the
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path in autoexec.bat to include the directory c:\dosemu. Also load the fossil
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emulator, for example add these two lines:
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<pre>
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path %PATH%:c:\dosemu
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c:\dosemu\fossil
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</pre>
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If there is another fossil, such as bnu or x00 in config.sys or autoexec.bat we
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clear all references to these, we will load them if that is necessary in the
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file that it executes the door when needed, this can be necessary for some
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doors and for other not.
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Now we can erase all the links to the directories who are not necessary, and
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that we do not want that they are visible.
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<p>
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Then edit the file /etc/dosemu.conf and look for the line that begins with
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"$_hdimage =" and change that to:
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<pre>
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$_hdimage = "c"
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</pre>
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Now login as root and you should be able to execute our dos emulator by
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executing '/usr/bin/dosemu.bin'
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<p>
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(to leave dosemu type in exitemu)
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<p>
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<b>CONFIGURING SUDO</b>
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<p>
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|
Normally the dos partition is not accessible to the users of the BBS, except
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from within dosemu, and to be able to have access without activating the
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setuid bit of dosemu, we use sudo so that any user of the BBS can execute
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dosemu.bin as root. As root execute visudo to edit the configuration file of
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sudo add the lines:
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<pre>
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%bbs ALL=NOPASSWD:/opt/mbse/bin/bbsdoor.sh
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%bbs ALL=NOPASSWD:/opt/dosemu/bin/dosemu.bin
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</pre>
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The first command is a script that takes care of copying the file door.sys to
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the dos partition, the second line is to allow to execute dosemu.bin.
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Any user of group BBS can execute these commandos like root without password
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is asked.
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<p>
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In order to test that this works login as user mbse and execute:
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<pre>
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sudo dosemu.bin
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</pre>
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<p>
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<b>INSTALLING A DOOR</b>
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<p>
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First we need a pair of scripts. These scripts are installed when you did
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install MBSE. These scripts are needed to execute the doors and are installed
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in /opt/mbse/bin:
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<pre>
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--- rundoor.sh ---
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#!/bin/bash
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#
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# rundoor.sh - Never call this script directly, create a symlink
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# to this file with the name of the door. For example
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# tu run the door ilord do:
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# cd /opt/mbse/bin
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# ln -s rundoor.sh ilord
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#
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# by Redy Rodriguez and Michiel Broek.
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#
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DOOR=`basename $0`
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COMMANDO="\"door $DOOR $*\r\""
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/usr/bin/sudo /opt/mbse/bin/bbsdoor.sh $DOOR $1
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/usr/bin/sudo /opt/dosemu/bin/dosemu.bin \
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-F /var/lib/dosemu/global.conf \
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-I "`echo -e serial { com 1 virtual }"\n" keystroke $COMMANDO`"
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reset
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tput reset
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stty sane
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--- bbsdoor.sh ---
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#
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# Initialize DOS environment before starting a bbs door.
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# Parameters: $1 = name of the door
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# $2 = the nodenumber for this session
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#
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# by Redy Rodriguez, 22-Oct-2001
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if [ "$1" != "" ]; then
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if [ "$2" != "" ]; then
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mkdir -p /dos/c/doors/node$2 >/dev/null 2>&1
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# Copy door.sys to dos partition
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cat ~/door.sys >/dos/c/doors/node$2/door.sys
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# Create .dosemu/disclaimer in user home to avoid warning
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if [ ! -d $HOME/.dosemu ]; then
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mkdir $HOME/.dosemu
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fi
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if [ ! -f $HOME/.dosemu/disclaimer ]; then
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touch $HOME/.dosemu/disclaimer
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fi
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fi
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fi
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</pre>
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The script rundoor.sh is never called directly, simply create a link with the
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name of the door to this file, this name must be the same as the one of the
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.bat file that starts the door in the doors directory of the dos partition.
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Let me explain this with an example:
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<p>
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I have chosen the door Virtual Sysop, but it could be any other door.
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My experience says to me that not all doors work correctly with a serial port
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in virtual mode. This one is working at Parolas BBS.
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<p>
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Unpack Virtual Sysop in the dos partition, in the directory c:\doors\vsysop.
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Execute as user mbse 'sudo dosemu.bin' and make sure that the door works in
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local mode (these commands are for this door):
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<pre>
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cd doors
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cd vsysop
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vsysop -local
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</pre>
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If everything is correct then create the file c:\doors\vsysop.bat with the
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following contents:
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<pre>
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--- vsysop.bat ---
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@echo off
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C:\COMUNIC\X00\X00 E B,0,57600
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cd vsysop
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vsysop -D c:\doors\node%1\door.sys -BBSNAME PAROLAS
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deltree /y c:\doors\node%1
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C:\COMUNIC\X00\X00
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cd ..
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</pre>
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Before passing the control to dosemu, the file door.sys will be copied to
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c:\doors\node???? where the ???? is the node number from which the door is
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invoked (to allow that several users can execute the door at the same time).
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This nodenumber also is passed as the first parameters to the .bat file, this
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is to indicate to which directory to copy the door.sys file.
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<p>
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The Virtual Sysop door supports door.sys and that is the only dropfile that
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is generated by mbsebbs and that is supported by most of the doors.
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If you need another format you must use a converter to change the format of
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the dropfile.
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<p>
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I use the fossil X00, I have it installed in C:\COMUNIC\X00 and this door works
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for me correctly with these parameters, it is alos possible that it works
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without X00 or that you can load another fossil.
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<p>
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Now create a link to rundoor.sh in /opt/mbse/bin called vsysop. The name must
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be the same one that the name of the .bat file created in the dos partition,
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but without the extension bat.
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<pre>
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ln -s /opt/mbse/bin/rundoor.sh /opt/mbse/bin/vsysop
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</pre>
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Now we execute mbsetup and enter the menu setup to add an entrance like this
|
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(It puts option 16 to Yes):
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<pre>
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8.3. EDIT MENU ITEM
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1. Sel. key V
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2. Type nr. 7 Run external program in shell
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3. Opt. data /opt/mbse/bin/vsysop /N
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1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234
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