Last update 29-Jan-2001
+Last update 09-Dec-2001
Setup mgetty for MBSE BBS
@@ -19,20 +19,26 @@ To handle incoming calls you can use mgetty written by Gert Doering, (gert@greenie.muc.de). Others may work. You have to compile mgetty 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 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 mgetty will spawn from init.
-# 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
@@ -77,6 +83,21 @@ switchbd 19200 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
@@ -117,18 +138,13 @@ init-chat "" \d\dAT&F&C1&D3X4W2B0M0Q0V1H0&K3S0=0 OK # * - - /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
-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
-i /opt/mbse/etc/issue options to the mgetty
@@ -145,8 +161,10 @@ explaining users how to login to start the bbs. It could look like this:
\___)=(___/
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-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).
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
@@ -162,10 +180,12 @@ chmod 666 /dev/ttyS0
chown uucp.uucp /dev/ttyS0
exit
-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 mbse as
+a legal user of your serial ports. Most distributions have some tool for this.
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