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$Id: ChangeLog_2001,v 1.1 2002/06/01 13:55:40 mbroek Exp $
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MBSEBBS History in 2001.
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v0.33.16 07-Jan-2001
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upgrade:
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Edit the crontab to comment out the lines with run_inout,
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mailer and mbstat check.
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Compile the sources.
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Stop the bbs, kill mbsed.
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Install the new binaries.
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Start the bbs as root with the new init script. It will be
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in some init.d subdirectory depending on your distribution.
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If you can't find it, reboot.
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If you want to start using the newsgate, run mbfido news -learn
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the first time to learn which articles there are.
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Edit menu item 1.14.3 and check that it's empty if you don't
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use it.
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CRON.sh:
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Removed the lines that ware replaced by the mbtask program.
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SETUP.sh
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Changed binkd into binkp because binkp is the official protocol
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name.
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Corrected a problem installing on a system without shadow
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passwords.
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Removed the part where the init scripts are installed. They
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are now in a new script in the script directory.
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clcomm.a:
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New function Syslogp, to log unformatted strings, the normal
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formatted string logfunction did hang sometimes when logging
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strings containing the % character.
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Improved some error messages in the NNTP and SMTP connections.
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common.a:
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Protected uniq_list and sort_list against NULL pointers.
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Handles the error strings now if there is a $ at the start
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of an logstring. This was only in the daemon but that didn't
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give the right errorstrings. Nobody noticed this error has
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been here from the beginning.
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Protected the chkftnmsgid function from NULL input.
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libdbase.a:
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Dupe checking databases are now loaded in memory when needed
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and written to disk only once when ready.
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general:
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Two new global switches, don't regate and allow control
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messages.
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Changed the maptab cp437__iso-8859-1 to translate 8bits dos
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graphics to 7bits characters to make all fancy dos like
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textboxes more readable on Unix systems.
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New setup parameters for UUCP newsfeeds.
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Added support for the PPC cpu.
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mbtask:
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New daemon. Takes over the functions of the run_inout and
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mailer scripts. This program launches every program needed
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to run the bbs. It will also check Zone Mail Hour.
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mbsed:
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Corrected a spelling error in the program header.
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Made the userlog full transparant.
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Fixed a memory leak in the userlog function.
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Changed file locking of mbsed status files to use fcntl()
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instead of placing lockfiles.
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mbfido:
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Protected the rfcmsgid function against NULL input.
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Build some protection against too long lines in ftn messages
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that were gated from rfc and regated to news.
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Removed a lot of #ifdef statements for gating behaviour and
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made a lot of code permamenent.
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Original code for #ifdef ALLOW_CONTROL and DONT_REGATE is now
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under control of configuration settings.
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Forwarded files had an old copyright message in the tic files.
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When sending messages to the SNMP or NNTP servers a line with
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only a dot in it will be sent as a space and a dot to prevent
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that the server thinks it's the end of the message.
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When sending or forwarding messages to a destination with a
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routevia address, the arcmail will be packed with the flavor
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of the new destination node.
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Magic execute uses the exec call now instead of the system
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call, the programs to execute must now be in MBSE_ROOT/bin or
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it will fail.
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If a MSGID is missing the dupecheck includes the message text
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in the dupecheck. (Redy).
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Local posted echomail gated to news has now the right From:
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address format and the right UTC time.
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Imported news messages had an AREA: line in the message text.
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Gating news to echomail doesn't crash anymore. Fixed several
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bugs to make this finally work.
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During gating news to echomail the mbmon program now displays
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what is going on.
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Added usleep code during news scanning.
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The program is now installed setuid mbse and setgid bbs. This
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allows it to be called by other users as mbse.
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New commandline, uucp. This allows mbfido to process incoming
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uucp newsbatches. Call it from uucp by:
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cat newsbatch | /opt/mbse/bin/mbfido uucp -quiet or
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cat newsbatch | /opt/mbse/bin/mbnews
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It will handle compressed and uncompressed newsbatches.
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If a scanned netmail should be send via your own UUCP gate, the
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message will be handled further by the ExportEmail function.
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All other UUCP destinations will be send via the remote UUCP
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systems.
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News articles that need to be send via NNTP are now first stored
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in a temporary file. At the end of the mbfido run it will try
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to post these articles. If it fails (newsserver down), the temp
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file stays for a later try.
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Added newsserver options for submitting articles via rnews and
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to an UUCP remote host.
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Added alias database again that was in the original ifmail.
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Made a universal email post function.
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Removed sourcefiles addos.*, they were not used.
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If in configuration the root for the html pages is blank, then
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no html pages will be created.
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Netmail send to "ping" are bounced back to the sender if your
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system is the final destination. If such a netmail is passing
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thrue, the receiver is notified (trace). All ^aVia lines are
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added to the replies. Systems running MBSE 0.33.16 and up may
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now add the PING flag to the nodelist.
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mbmail:
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If there is no Organization header, the BBS default origin
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line will be used.
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Removed a lot of #ifdef statements for gating behaviour and
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made a lot of code permamenent.
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Original code for #ifdef ALLOW_CONTROL and DONT_REGATE is
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now under control of configuration settings.
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The packet routing is now determined using the mail tracker.
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The point of splitting large messages is now set at the point
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from the setup instead of hardcoded at 12 Kbytes.
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The program is now installed setuid mbse and setgid bbs so that
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braindead MTA's can still deliver mail to the Fidonet.
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Mail for users at your own bbs is now imported into the netmail
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board.
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Added REPLYTO: REPLYADDR: and MSGID: kludges if these where
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not yet present in the message.
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Added alias database again that was in the original ifmail.
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mbsetup:
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In menu 1.13 added allow control and don't regate setup.
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In all menus the default prompt selection is now "-" instead
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of "0", so just pressing enter will leave from a menu.
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When editing a new message area the area is automatic made
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active when you assign a group to the area.
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Most databases now create default records the first time.
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The sitedoc pages for the tty lines were to big for each
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printed page.
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Splitted menu 1.13 in a Fidonet and Internet part, added setup
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parameters for UUCP newsfeeds.
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In the services setup the UUCP/Email entry is now added for
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first time installations.
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mbmon:
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In all menus the default prompt selection is now "-" instead
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of "0", so just pressing enter will leave from a menu.
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mbout:
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Fixed the helpscreen.
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mbstat:
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Removed the check command, this is now done by the mbtask
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daemon.
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mbcico:
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Doesn't use tmpnam anymore during execute magic request.
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The openfile function doesn't use tempnam anymore if a filename
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is created after 62 name bumps.
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When searching for a matching aka and your first aka is
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disabled the first active aka is used as default.
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The closefile function doesn't use the tempnam function anymore.
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mbsebbs:
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When posting news articles when not permament connected to the
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internet, the From address will be Fido style.
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Messages for offline packets are now packed using the
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following tests:
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- If area is netmail then only personal messages are
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included (unchanged).
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- If area is not netmail, and msg-kinds are private then
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only personal messages are included.
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- If area is not netmail, and msg-kinds are both (pvt/pub)
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then personal messages and messages without pvt flag are
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included.
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- Otherwhise all messages are included in the packet.
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Removed debug messages for the POP3 protocol.
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mbpasswd:
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Fixed a compile problem on systems without shadow passwords.
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Thanks to Mario Mure.
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Corrected a missing library in salt.c
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Corrected a missing conditional header file in encrypt.c
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mbmsg:
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Wrote wrong CHRS kludge in the post function.
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mbfile:
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Warns about empty file areas during kill files.
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v0.33.17 21-May-2001
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upgrade:
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Compile the sources.
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Stop the bbs using the init script mbsed as root:
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Slackware 7.0 and older: /opt/mbse/etc/rc.shutdown
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Slackware 7.1 and newer: /etc/rc.d/init.d/mbsed stop
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RedHat and Mandrake: /etc/rc.d/init.d/mbsed stop
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SuSE: /sbin/init.d/mbsed stop
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Debian: /etc/init.d/mbsebbs stop
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Install the new programs.
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Start the bbs using the examples above and use the word start.
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Use mbsetup menu 1.18 to change the Zone Mail Hour if you are
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not in Fidonet zone 2.
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general:
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The daemon mbsed is now obsolete, all these functions are now
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in the mbtask daemon. For client/server communications Unix
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Datagram sockets are used instead of TCP stream sockets.
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Italian language added, translated by nervous@nervous.it
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Spanish language added, translated by Redy Rodriguez.
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JAM messagebase locking is now according to the JAM specs.
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docs:
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Added fsc-0088, fts-4001 and a page to describe the use of a
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UPS with MBSE BBS.
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Updated documentation to show all changes.
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Added in file area setup and message area setup the description
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of the global commands.
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SETUP.sh:
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Removed installing mbse as port in /etc/services
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common.a:
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The diskfree check now ignores a mounted filesystem at /boot
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because that filesystem is usually small and not needed by
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mbse.
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The diskfree check should support reiserfs now (not tested).
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Code and logging cleanup in packet.c
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dbase.a:
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Removed debug logging from the dupes databases.
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mbinet.a:
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When an NNRP server asked for authentication after the first
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command instead of after connect, the user authentication
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wasn't started.
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mbsed:
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Obsolete and removed.
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mbtask:
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Does all things mbsed used to do, it uses Unix Datagram sockets
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to communicate with the clients.
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If IP addresses to test are entered in the setup it will check
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if the internet connection is available with ICMP ping.
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Added Internet connection status, system running status and
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system load average to the GSTA command for mbmon.
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Create's the file ~/etc/config.data if it doesn't exist and
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fills it with default parameters.
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Note: the internet connection status is for future use.
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mbfido:
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The pktdate logresult is now only displayed if there was
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something wrong.
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The Checkdupe fallback logmessage is removed.
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Corrected a small bug in the news to echomail gate to get the
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correct replyto and replyaddr kludges in the messages.
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Changed the tosspkt messages read functions back to the way it
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was so the namefield may be exactly 36 characters long excluding
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the null terminator.
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The PING function didn't work if the message came from a node
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not in the setup.
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The PING reply now has a Re: prepended.
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The scannews function now acts better on nntp error conditions.
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Local posted echomail dropped the subject when it was gated to
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news.
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If imported netmail doesn't have a FMPT kludge and there is
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pointinfo in the MSGID line, the pointinfo is taken from the
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MSGID line.
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Improved the TRACE message of the PING function to make it
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more clear that it is a TRACE message.
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The PING reply now uses the aka from address that was original
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the destination address instead of the matched aka in the
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reply message.
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Added a hack to try to process .tic files that are not lowercase
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filenames.
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Added support for a system alias file to convert fidonet
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addresses to RFC addresses.
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In the mbnews function the tests for the headers Newsgroups:
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and Message-ID: are now case insensitive.
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File attaches with the leave case option set did not get the
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TFS or KFS flags set in the attachement.
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mbdiff:
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Removed some debugging logmessages.
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mbfile:
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Removed some unnecessary logmessages.
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mbmon:
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When viewing the bbs lastcaller list the clock wasn't updated.
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The <host> commandline option doesn't work anymore because we
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now use Unix Datagram sockets to communicate with the server,
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so we must be on the same system.
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Added Internet status, running status and system load average
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to the Server Statistics screen.
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Minor adjustments to the screen layout of the Filesystem Usage
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screen.
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mbindex:
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Sends the correct IsDoing information to mbtask during sort and
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write.
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mbsetup:
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Added setup screen for the task manager.
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Some menus didn't have the default "-" character in the prompt.
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The language setup now adds Italian and Spanish on new
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installations.
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In main system aka's shortened the domain names from 12 to 11
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characters length to prevent SIGSEGV in mbsetup.
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Improved help messages when editing aka's.
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Corrected chapter numbering in sitedoc.
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Changed page layout sitedoc 8.1
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Removed initialisation of ~/etc/config.data, this is now in
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mbtask.
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In golded.inc AKAMATCHECHO is no YES.
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In golded.inc writing the AKAMATCH aka's other then fidonet
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didn't really match the aka's, the main aka was written instead.
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mball:
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Removed two redundant log messages.
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mbmail:
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The program wrote mbfido instead of mbmail in the logfile.
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mbsebbs:
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During login with two names the second name now also checks
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for empty responses from the user.
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Removed some IEMSI debugging messages.
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Removed the timeleft debug message.
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Removed logmessage if no newfiles were found.
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Removed rendunant log message abount start newfiles scan.
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Removed logmessage if no newmail was found.
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Removed debug email setarea message.
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The list of languages to select is now divided in two columns.
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The message to sysop function now doesn't quote and doesn't
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write "Sysop wrote to ..." anymore. Thanks to Harald Wuensch.
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The program now uses umask(007) instead of umask(000)
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In the displayfile function the ^B syntax (show text above
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sec. level) is now: ^B<level>^B<text to display>^B without
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the < and > characters. Thanks to Harald Wuensch.
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Removed (press enter to Quit) from language prompt 379 since
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there is no default choice.
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Adjusted a lot of strings for filenames and paths to PATH_MAX
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in stead of 80 characters length.
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Moved the Nopper call in the fullscreen editor to a place were
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it always should work.
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mbcico:
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The session debug logmessages are set to the special loglevel.
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Implemented EMSI-II, FSC-0088.
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When calling a TCP/IP node with hostname in nodelist system
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name and a valid phonenumber, and if the hostname could not
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be resolved, mbcico would dialout and try to establish a
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TCP/IP session over the modem connection. Now the TCP/IP
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flags are cleared and mbcico will fallback to valid old style
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phone sessions.
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In binkp added the M_NUL PHN and M_NUL OPM to log if they are
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received from the remote. We also send these flags.
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In binkp we now always send and empty dataframe after a file
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is sent, most binkp implementations need this to detect EOF.
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We don't log received empty frames anymore, we just drop them.
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mbpasswd:
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Added check that username and password may not be longer then
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16 characters.
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Fixed the error message on some systems about USERGROUPS_ENAB.
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mbuseradd:
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Error messages now go to stderr.
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Increased stringslength of some internal variables to PATH_MAX.
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Check all arguments that they are no longer then 80 characters.
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The user is now the owner of his homedir. In this homedir a
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directory Maildir with subdirs cur, new and tmp are created,
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also owned by the user. Some MTA's need this (Qmail).
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Doesn't create the .hushlogin file anymore, not needed.
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mbmsg:
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Now runs umask(007)
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mbuser:
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If users at the end of the userbase are deleted and the database
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should be truncated, these users were not removed from the Unix
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system and their homedirectories weren't removed also.
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Added a check to see if the sysop defined in the main config
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also exists in the user database because these two must match.
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mbstat:
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Added the semafore command to set internal mbtask semafore's.
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script/installinit:
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Corrected a bug for Slackware 7.0.0 were the wrong initscripts
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were installed.
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examples:
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Replaced the internet menu and txtfiles with versions that work
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with the current menu structure.
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v0.33.18 27-Jul-2001
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General:
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The development team now has five members and the sources are
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on sourceforge's cvs server.
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Changed the name to MBSE BBS for Unix instead of Linux.
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This version is ported but not well tested to FreeBSD.
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Upgrade:
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In your Mail Transport Agent (if you use it) replace the line
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"mbmail -r <nexthop> (recipients)" to mbmail "(recipients)".
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In postfix this is in the master.cf file.
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With mbsetup menu 1.3.8 fill in the path to the *.msg path.
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MBSE.FAQ:
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New, maintained by P.E. Kimble aka King Kimerud
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lang:
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Added Galego language by Redy Rodriguez.
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Corrected Spanish language.
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SETUP.sh:
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Doesn't create .huslogin anymore for user bbs.
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Script does now work on FreeBSD but needs bash.
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common.a:
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Corrected some defines in parsedate.c to include/exclude the
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right code.
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Changed the rawio to termios style instead of termio.
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Added ufs filesystem as normal filesystem to the diskfree
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function.
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msg.a:
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When locking the JAM messagebase failed due to a lock error
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nothing was logged and the error was not flagged.
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mbftpd:
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Removed the subdirectory for this not finished program. It may
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or may not return later.
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mbfido:
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Filefind replies had a wrong ^aREPLY kludge.
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Rewrote a lot of code so that similar functions are only once
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present. This will make bughunting and maintaining much easier.
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Scanned netmail from point addresses created with GoldED are
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now always checked for missing FMPT, TOPT and INTL kludges and
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they are inserted when missing.
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The checkdupe switch also work in uucp mode (mbnews).
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The code for mbmail is now merged into mbfido. A symlink from
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mbmail to mbfido is created to let mbfido run in mail mode.
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The syntax to call mbmail is changed.
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Implemented processing ^aFLAGS for received netmail (FSC-0053).
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mbmail:
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Obsolete, the functions are now in mbfido.
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mbtask:
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Removed all references to the Memwatch debugger, mbtask is oke
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but the debugger fills up the harddisk (very fast).
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Does now respond again to external semafore's mailout, mailin
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and scanout in the semafore directory.
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Removes stale socket file if found.
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Runs mbsetup init if config.data is created on new systems.
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Fixed a SIGBUS fault for Sparc systems
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mbpasswd:
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Added CLOSE_SESSIONS and ENV_ROOTPATH to getdef to prevent new
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user error messages on some distributions.
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Ported to work on FreeBSD.
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mbindex:
|
|
Patched by Ken Bowley to prevent a crash when the 300 baud
|
|
field is the last item on the nodelist line.
|
|
|
|
mbmon:
|
|
Changed the rawio to termios style instead of termio.
|
|
Shows the OS name in the info screen.
|
|
|
|
mbsetup:
|
|
Shows the OS name in the info screen.
|
|
Creates default tty records with tty names for the right
|
|
OS (I hope).
|
|
Fixed a bug in the menu editor, deleted menus were not really
|
|
deleted.
|
|
Added setup items for the menu Display colors.
|
|
Added a no suid switch to the menu for doors.
|
|
Added setup for *.msg directory in menu 1.3.
|
|
When changing the number of newfiles groups, the newfiles
|
|
reports database is converted on the fly.
|
|
All path variables now have a length of PATH_MAX.
|
|
When mbsetup is started, all databases not present are created
|
|
and when needed filled with default records.
|
|
There is now one possible commandline parameter: init. This
|
|
should be used only once (but doesn't hurt if run more then
|
|
once) on a new installation.
|
|
A check is build in that mbsetup is started by user mbse.
|
|
Fixed segfault error during exit of mbsetup when writing the
|
|
golded.inc file when the bbs is more or less unconfigured.
|
|
The file golded.inc is now only rewritten if changes are made
|
|
to the main configuration, fidonet data or message areas.
|
|
Added default archiver record for the Russian ARJ archiver.
|
|
|
|
mbcico:
|
|
Renamed sendfile function in zmsend.c to sendzfile to prevent a
|
|
conflict with an existing library call on FreeBSD.
|
|
Removed some debug logmessages.
|
|
The filerquest response message doesn't use the tmpnam function
|
|
anymore, this was the last one of the unsafe tmpnam calls.
|
|
|
|
mball:
|
|
Removed some compiler warnings on some systems.
|
|
|
|
mbsebbs:
|
|
Removed some compiler warnings on some systems.
|
|
Added menu Display lines.
|
|
Added menu item 21, display text only.
|
|
When a user has no download files limit and no download Kbytes
|
|
limit he may download unlimited.
|
|
When a user has no timelimit set in the limits, he will get
|
|
a 24 hours session limit.
|
|
The written door.sys file now has EOF character at the end.
|
|
The written door.sys file now has a : after the comport.
|
|
Executing doors in nosuid mode (as real user) is now possible.
|
|
This can be switched on using mbsetup. Info will be in FAQ.
|
|
Fixed security problem in Unix username and password entry.
|
|
Now stoped nicely if started without controling tty.
|
|
Many bugs fixed in the full screen editor.
|
|
Last line of message is no longer deleted when saving message.
|
|
Segfault problem with deleting characters fixed.
|
|
Improved word wrapping. (still needs work)
|
|
Reduced amount of debug logging messages in editor.
|
|
|
|
mbuseradd:
|
|
Ported to work on FreeBSD.
|
|
|
|
mbpasswd:
|
|
Ported to work on FreeBSD.
|
|
|
|
mbfile:
|
|
All path string variables are now of length PATH_MAX.
|
|
Added list file areas.
|
|
|
|
fbutil:
|
|
Removed list file areas.
|
|
|
|
htmldoc:
|
|
Upgraded the FTSC documents to the current state.
|
|
|
|
|
|
v0.33.19 26-Oct-2001
|
|
|
|
upgrade:
|
|
Announce any new files you might have. If you run mbtoberep
|
|
it should display no data anymore.
|
|
Change the file /opt/mbse/etc/issue like the example in the
|
|
subdirectory mbtask.
|
|
Change the shell for user "bbs" to /opt/mbse/bin/mbnewusr
|
|
The make install fixes several permissions that are wrong for
|
|
the new style (not setuid) of mbsebbs.
|
|
Remove /opt/mbse/etc/maint to let it replace with a new
|
|
version, or change it by hand.
|
|
On RedHat, Mandrake or e-smith systems remove the existing
|
|
start and stop commands with the runlevel editor, they will
|
|
be installed with other values when the system is installed.
|
|
If you forget this then mbsebbs will start and stop twice.
|
|
After compilation and installation run "mbfile check" to
|
|
update all file entries in the files database. This give a lot
|
|
of output in the logfile, don't worry about it.
|
|
In mbsetup 18 (task manager) set the fields 18, 19 and 20 to
|
|
the right values of your system. Also consider the setting
|
|
of field 13, set it to Yes if you cannot have a internet
|
|
connection at the same time when normal dial to fidonet is
|
|
needed. All other users, (more modems, cable/ADSL etc) set
|
|
this to No.
|
|
Fill in the right IP addresses in fields 11 and 12 of your
|
|
ISP's nameservers. If you don't have internet, fill these
|
|
with 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2 as dummy addresses.
|
|
Change the startup program in /etc/inetd.conf for telnet if
|
|
you previously used mbsebbs to mblogin.
|
|
Change the default login program in mgetty's login.config to
|
|
* - - /opt/mbse/bin/mblogin @
|
|
|
|
general:
|
|
Made the Makefile system more simple. The bbs program now
|
|
doesn't run setuid anymore! This makes the system more secure.
|
|
A new program, mblogin, is written to allow logins with
|
|
Fidonet style names from mgetty and telnetd. This is a login
|
|
replacement for bbs use only. Normal shell users can't login,
|
|
not even root!
|
|
On FreeBSD the installed files are not removed anymore from
|
|
the source tree.
|
|
Added German language file made by Harald Wuensch.
|
|
The mbtask daemon now handles the calling of Fidonet nodes.
|
|
The sourcetree has now a new subdirectory called unix. Here
|
|
are all the system specific programs such as mbpasswd,
|
|
mblogin and mbuseradd.
|
|
Started NetBSD port, is in testing fase.
|
|
Added support for xinetd.
|
|
Fixed filemodes for some directories and data files.
|
|
|
|
SETUP.sh:
|
|
Better grep to check for existing usernames like bbs, mbse.
|
|
Ported to NetBSD.
|
|
Added support for xinetd configuration.
|
|
Changed distribution test for Mandrake.
|
|
Changed to recognize the e-smith server based on RedHat.
|
|
If system runs xinetd instead of inetd, the configuration for
|
|
xinetd is updated with info for mbsebbs.
|
|
|
|
installinit.sh:
|
|
Changed to recognize the e-smith server based on RedHat.
|
|
On RedHat, Mandrake and e-smith systems the symlinks to start
|
|
and stop the bbs are now added.
|
|
Reorganized the init scripts.
|
|
|
|
libcommon.a:
|
|
When adding seenby entries, the zone number is copied from the
|
|
previous adress just like with the net numbers. This is for
|
|
old style tic files, they were not full 3d.
|
|
Fixes for Sparc systems.
|
|
The nodelist information now also holds the Txx flags.
|
|
The mkdirs function now needs a mode parameter for directory
|
|
creation.
|
|
The filesystem space check is now reliable on FreeBSD and
|
|
NetBSD.
|
|
|
|
lang:
|
|
Changed language prompts 6, 71, 429.
|
|
Added language prompts 472 and 473 for FS editor.
|
|
Added language prompts 474, 475 and 476 for address entry.
|
|
Added language prompts 477 and 478 for post with user alias.
|
|
Deleted language prompts 387, 388, 389, 390
|
|
|
|
examples:
|
|
Changed menu setup.mnu and textfiles setup.* to show the new
|
|
setup entries for the users.
|
|
|
|
mbsetup:
|
|
Changed usereditor, new layout, added new settings and
|
|
changed password reset function. The system password is
|
|
now also updated.
|
|
Added setup item for menus 317 and 318.
|
|
Changed the order of menu 1, global settings. The screens are
|
|
now in a more logical order for a first system setup.
|
|
Most datafiles are now saved mode 0640 exept the files that
|
|
need to be rewritten by users, they have mode 0660.
|
|
The filemodes are always checked and corrected during startup.
|
|
In the file database editor the default choice was 0 in stead
|
|
of -.
|
|
When a file area is made unavailable in menu 8.4, first the
|
|
files in that area area checked. If there are none, the area
|
|
is completly removed, including paths, indexes and database.
|
|
When an new area is made available, the database is created.
|
|
The AREADEF lines in golded.inc now contain the aka to use
|
|
instead of a dot.
|
|
Fixes for Sparc systems.
|
|
Now logs in the normal system logfile.
|
|
On new systems it will now also create one filearea, three
|
|
default mail areas, a newfilereport and the groups belonging
|
|
to these areas. Also 10 oneliners are installed.
|
|
Changed help for nodes billing flag.
|
|
Changed users password length to 14 characters instead of 12.
|
|
When you make a tty line available, some settings are
|
|
automatic set to reasonable defaults.
|
|
The color editor now has a rangecheck.
|
|
Rewrote calling of the color editor for Sparc systems.
|
|
Added setup items in global and message areas to limit the
|
|
fetching of newsgroups headers.
|
|
The edit field now shows the contents correctly if the field
|
|
contains the % character.
|
|
In several menus after leaving a edit record records were
|
|
displayed from start again, now shows last screen.
|
|
When editing a node's connected file/mail groups it can now
|
|
handle more then 40 groups without messing up the screen.
|
|
Fixed area selection in filedatabase editor.
|
|
Protected help string display for boolean edit against buffer
|
|
overflow.
|
|
Menu 5.1.14, helpstring was too long, causing a buffer
|
|
overflow without the previous protection.
|
|
|
|
mbsebbs:
|
|
Added menu 317, change FS editor shortcut keys to (Emacs/
|
|
Wordstar) style. This has no effect on the editor for now.
|
|
Added menu 318, change users address.
|
|
Added control-U 4, ON/OFF for FS edit Emacs shortcut keys.
|
|
Now updates the lastcaller information when a call is finished
|
|
and now also sets all the action bits what the user has been
|
|
doing. Also time online is correct now.
|
|
Added control-U 5, 6, 7, display users address lines 1, 2
|
|
and 3.
|
|
If a user doesn't have a .signature file in his homedir, a
|
|
simple one will be created.
|
|
If a user saves a new message at the bbs, the message will be
|
|
signed using the .signature file.
|
|
Patches from Bobby Cabral:
|
|
- Fixed display file with more that stopped after every line.
|
|
- Added display file "mainlogo" before the "welcome" file.
|
|
- Added display files "welcome2..9" after "welcome1" file.
|
|
Posting message with users alias is now possible.
|
|
If in menu entries "Display prompt" the fore and background
|
|
colors are set, the prompt is displayed with these colors.
|
|
If not, the prompt defaults to white on black.
|
|
Does now run as the users uid, not suid anymore. You are not
|
|
able to login with Fidonet style name anymore, the mblogin
|
|
program does this. Removed IEMSI support, this has no use
|
|
anymore. New users need to register with the mbnewuser
|
|
program, mbsebbs is only for registered users. This should
|
|
fix all kinds of setuid and security problems with previous
|
|
versions.
|
|
In the door.sys files is now a nodenumber written. This is
|
|
actually the tty record number.
|
|
QuickScan messages in netmail areas now only shows personal
|
|
messages.
|
|
The whoson list now uses mbtask to get the information.
|
|
The users exitinfo file is now stored in his homedirectory
|
|
with mode 0600.
|
|
A lot of code rewrites to make it more modular.
|
|
The bbs datafiles that users create now have mode 0660.
|
|
The file taglists now work internally with long and short
|
|
filenames.
|
|
The file listings are displayed with the short filenames.
|
|
Download files are sent with short filenames.
|
|
File search is done on long and short filenames.
|
|
Uploaded files are accepted with long filenames, the short
|
|
name is created when the upload is processed.
|
|
The virus scan after files upload tried also to use scanners
|
|
that were not available.
|
|
The upload virus file scan now also scans files that are not
|
|
known archives. Should catch macro viri and worms.
|
|
The file CRC is now set when importing an uploaded file.
|
|
Fixed quote initials of the original user containing a space
|
|
character if there was a dot followed by a space in the users
|
|
name.
|
|
If Ask Date of Birth is not set in the configuration the user
|
|
can't change his date of birth and his age is 0 years. You
|
|
should not disable this if you restrict access to some file
|
|
areas if you want to test the users age. Also the age in the
|
|
users record is invalid.
|
|
Fixes for Sparc systems.
|
|
System calls for archivers and virus scanners are replaced
|
|
with execute.
|
|
During startup the username is tried from the environment
|
|
variables LOGNAME and USER.
|
|
Added some automatic file permission corrections.
|
|
|
|
mbnewusr:
|
|
New program, run by user bbs. This is only to register a new
|
|
bbs user. Should be started by the bbs account.
|
|
Ask Date of Birth now only is asked if set in configuration.
|
|
Fixes for Sparc systems.
|
|
|
|
mbpasswd:
|
|
Added more checks to see if it's legal invoked.
|
|
Password change on FreeBSD finally works.
|
|
Moved to new sourcetree.
|
|
Ported to NetBSD.
|
|
|
|
mblogin:
|
|
New program. Replaces standard login, allows Fidonet style
|
|
usernames. Has it's own login.defs file.
|
|
|
|
mbcico:
|
|
Undefined IEMSI support since mbsebbs doesn't support it
|
|
anymore.
|
|
Filerequest responses are now created with long filenames.
|
|
When sending files, if the remote has the FNC link flag, the
|
|
filename is mangled to DOS 8.3 format when transmitted.
|
|
File request response messages now display the long and
|
|
short filename in the reply.
|
|
Filerequest response messages now have a random quote added.
|
|
The binkp driver now sends 8.3 mangled filenames if that
|
|
option is set for the remote node in the setup.
|
|
The hydra driver now sends 8.3 mangled filenames and long
|
|
filenames as specified in the specs.
|
|
Corrected the location of the modem lockfile on FreeBSD.
|
|
Fixes for Sparc systems.
|
|
When a session fails, the node status retry time is current
|
|
time + random dial delay time. Needed for mbtask.
|
|
|
|
mbout:
|
|
Fixes for Linux Sparc systems.
|
|
The node query now displays the system open times (Txx) flags.
|
|
The node query now also displays the CM,MO flags etc.
|
|
|
|
mbtask:
|
|
Changed to handle the External Doors flag in the lastcaller
|
|
information.
|
|
On new systems, ~/etc/config.data and ~/etc/task.data are
|
|
created with mode 0640.
|
|
On new systems, the DOS path isn't set anymore by default,
|
|
most people don't need it.
|
|
Starting utilities is now more relaxed using a 3 seconds
|
|
pause timer. Fixed some potential Sparc problems.
|
|
On new systems, all paths for MBSE are now created in the
|
|
/opt/mbse root.
|
|
When scanning outbound, flags are set if flo or mail pkt files
|
|
are present.
|
|
When the internet connection status changes, the outbound is
|
|
rescanned.
|
|
Implemented Txx nodelist flags, FSC-0062.
|
|
Added code to see which nodes could be called depending on
|
|
outbound status, nodelist flags etc. Experimental.
|
|
Added code to do outbound calling, experimental. Calling
|
|
systems in parallel is now possible.
|
|
Creates the semafore do_inet if there is an internet node to
|
|
call even if there's no internet connection. Removes this
|
|
semafore if there are no internet nodes to call. This can be
|
|
used by ppp scripts to see if there is work and when there is
|
|
no more work to do. Not important for permament connected
|
|
systems.
|
|
Made the FreeBSD and NetBSD disk status calls reliable now
|
|
that I know how to really get the mounted filesystems.
|
|
The system load value is implemented on FreeBSD and NetBSD.
|
|
|
|
mbmon:
|
|
Changed the lastcaller screen to display the External Door
|
|
information.
|
|
When lastcaller info is scrolling, the lines are first proper
|
|
erased.
|
|
Fixes for Sparc systems.
|
|
Added support for display do_inet semafore in menu 2.
|
|
|
|
mbmsg:
|
|
Corrected header in logfile for pack function.
|
|
Fixes for Sparc systems.
|
|
|
|
import:
|
|
Removed users import, could not work anymore.
|
|
|
|
mbfido:
|
|
When running in mbmail mode, it will try to get the lock on
|
|
the program for 10 minutes before aborting and waits until
|
|
another mbfido program is ready.
|
|
Fixed the problem that the KillSent flag was set on processed
|
|
netmail.
|
|
Reset the KillSent and Hold flags when storing netmail in the
|
|
message base.
|
|
The tic file import function now sorts and tests on long file-
|
|
names, with the new mangle function an DOS 8.3 filename is
|
|
also stored in the file database.
|
|
For all files received in tic area, the crc of the tic area
|
|
name is stored in the filerecord. This is for the future
|
|
rescan option.
|
|
Implemented long filenames with hatch. Now uses ticfile key-
|
|
word Fullname for the long filename.
|
|
Fixes for Sparc systems.
|
|
File forwarding now really depends on the downlink billing
|
|
flag.
|
|
Now limits fetching of newsheaders according to area setting.
|
|
Added the Size parameter to the tic files, this appeared to
|
|
be missing since a while.
|
|
Fixes for Fido->internet gate for dropped characters during
|
|
linewrap. Experimental.
|
|
Added netmail bounce function.
|
|
Protected the postemail function from posting to local FTN
|
|
addresses, this will cause a mailloop for undeliverable mail.
|
|
These mails will be bounced back.
|
|
|
|
mbfile:
|
|
During checks the file databases are reset to filemode 0660.
|
|
Implemented "mbfile adopt" function.
|
|
Started working on long filename support. The real name on
|
|
disk is the long filename, the database records also holds
|
|
an uppercase mangled 8.3 filename. In most cases this is just
|
|
the same name in upper and lowercase. Name mangling like Win$
|
|
is performed on the long filenames.
|
|
Implemented "mbfile import" function, this imports complete
|
|
areas from files.bbs information.
|
|
Added "mbfile toberep" function, this gives an overview of the
|
|
toberep database. The program mbtoberep does this as well, but
|
|
that one gives a complete dump and is for developer use.
|
|
The "mbfile index" function now also writes files.bbs files,
|
|
the index.html files for http download and 00index files in
|
|
all available areas. The files.bbs files have download
|
|
counters included.
|
|
The mbfile check function now converts the short filenames
|
|
to DOS 8.3 filenames. (The first time this logs lots of
|
|
errors).
|
|
The mbfile list function now gives a listing of the contents
|
|
of a file area if the area number is given as argument.
|
|
Implemented "mbfile move" command. You can only move one file
|
|
at the same time.
|
|
Implemented "mbfile delete" and "mbfile undelete" commands.
|
|
The command mbfile check now removes obsolete file databases.
|
|
Fixes for Sparc systems.
|
|
Fixed index screens to prevent negative totals with large
|
|
filebases.
|
|
Added standard doctype header and commentline to the html
|
|
pages.
|
|
The mbfile check function deletes double filerecords in the
|
|
database.
|
|
|
|
mball:
|
|
The index function is now obsolete, this is added to mbfile.
|
|
You may need to adjust your scripts that call "mball index".
|
|
Fixes for Sparc systems.
|
|
Fixed to prevent negative values with large filebases.
|
|
|
|
mbaff:
|
|
Fixes for Sparc systems.
|
|
Fix for large filebases, could not run longer then 10 minutes.
|
|
|
|
mbindex:
|
|
Fixes for Sparc systems.
|
|
|
|
mbdiff:
|
|
Fixes for Sparc systems.
|
|
|
|
mbfbgen:
|
|
Obsolete and removed from the distribution. The function is
|
|
now in mbfile.
|
|
|
|
fbutil:
|
|
Removed from the distribution. Thanks to Johannes Lundberg,
|
|
2:206/149@fidonet to let us use his program until mbfile could
|
|
take over.
|
|
|