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Michiel Broek 2001-12-09 16:29:03 +00:00
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<h5>Last update 29-Jan-2001</h5>
<h5>Last update 09-Dec-2001</h5>
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H1 ALIGN="CENTER">Setup mgetty for MBSE BBS</H1>
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To handle incoming calls you can use <strong>mgetty</strong> written by
Gert Doering, (gert@greenie.muc.de). Others may work. You have to compile
<strong>mgetty</strong> with the -DFIDO flag to accept Fidonet mailer calls.
If you want incoming PPP calls as well, add the -DAUTO_PPP as well. Below
you can see the mgetty.config and login.config for mgetty that I use. I
have also included a part of my /etc/inittab to show how <strong>mgetty
If you want incoming PPP calls as well, add the -DAUTO_PPP as well. If you want
to use ISDN, make sure you have ISDN support compiled in the kernel.
Below you can see the mgetty.config and login.config for mgetty that you may
need.
I have also included a part of my /etc/inittab to show how <strong>mgetty
</strong> will spawn from <strong>init</strong>.
<P>
<HR>
<PRE>
# inittab This is only a part of my /etc/inittab!
# inittab This is only a part of /etc/inittab!
# In this example it runs in runlevel 3 and 4.
#
# Serial lines
s1:34:respawn:/usr/local/sbin/mgetty -i /opt/mbse/etc/issue ttyS0
#
# ISDN lines, two channels
I1:34:respawn:/usr/local/sbin/mgetty -i /opt/mbse/etc/issue ttyI0
I2:23:respawn:/usr/local/sbin/mgetty -i /opt/mbse/etc/issue ttyI1
#
# End of /etc/inittab
</PRE>
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modem-type cls2
init-chat "" \d\dAT&F&C1&D3X4W2B0M0Q0V1H0&K3S0=0 OK
#
#
# ISDN ports.
# With AT&E you set the MSN/EAZ the device should listen to.
# This should for an MSN be your telephone number _with_ the area
# code but _without_ the leading 0.
# For an EAZ the last digit of your EAZ.
#
port ttyI0
modem-type data
init-chat "" ATZ OK AT&E714015437&W0 OK AT&B512 OK
#
port ttyI1
modem-type data
init-chat "" ATZ OK AT&E714017198&W0 OK AT&B512 OK
#
# end of mgetty.config
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<HR>
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#
* - - /bin/login @
#
# You might use this instead, it will directly start the BBS when the call
# is not a PPP call and not a Fidonet mailer. Use only one of these two!
# THIS IS NOT YET TESTED!
#
* - - /opt/mbse/bin/mbsebbs
#
# end of login.config
</PRE>
<HR>
<P>
If you use /bin/login the users can get confused by the Unix login prompt.
Because we use /bin/login the users can get confused by the Unix login prompt.
Most of them are used to DOS based bbs systems and will try to login with
two names which won't work of course. For this reason I have added the
<strong>-i /opt/mbse/etc/issue</strong> options to the <strong>mgetty</strong>
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\___)=(___/
Powered by Linux.
To start the bbs login with "bbs" without quotes.
Voor het bbs login met "bbs" zonder aanhalingstekens.
To register as a new user login with the name "bbs" without quotes.
Existing users must login with their unix name (one word).
Nieuwe gebruikers kunnen inloggen met "bbs" zonder aanhalingstekens.
Bestaande gebruikers moeten inloggen met hun unix naam (een woord).
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There is a default /opt/mbse/etc/issue installed by the installation script.
You need to edit this to insert your bbs name in it or even completely replace
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chown uucp.uucp /dev/ttyS0
exit
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Note that /dev/ttyS0 is for COM1, /dev/ttyS1 for COM2 etc.
Note that /dev/ttyS0 is for COM1, /dev/ttyS1 for COM2 etc. This is not a nice
solution. If youre system allows it, try to add the the user <b>mbse</b> as
a legal user of your serial ports. Most distributions have some tool for this.
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