I'm trying to run bbbsd on Ubuntu with this syntax:

sudo ./bbbsd 1 1 telnet:23 httpd:80

But then BBBSD says this:

"Can't bind to socket. Is service already running? Using ports below 1024 require root access, see uid: paramenter"

It works fine if I just run it on port 23 for telnet like this:

sudo ./bbbsd 1 1 telnet:23

But of course I want to listen for http connections too.

Any tips?

Thanks!
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Hello Aaron,

I'm trying to run bbbsd on Ubuntu with this syntax:

sudo ./bbbsd 1 1 telnet:23 httpd:80

But then BBBSD says this:

"Can't bind to socket. Is service already running? Using ports below
1024 require root access, see uid: paramenter"

It works fine if I just run it on port 23 for telnet like this:

sudo ./bbbsd 1 1 telnet:23

But of course I want to listen for http connections too.

Any tips?

I always ran bbbsd like this..

sudo ./bbbsd 1 1 ftpd:21 telnetd:23 httpd:80 rawd:24554:binkp quiet fork uid:alan

There are other parameters you can use too, use the uid: of the user the BBS is running as. Adjust as needed.

It's been a while since I ran the SW version. I'm not sure how a command like that will work in the SW version but have a try and see.

bbbsd is a listener. You can run bbbs to poll other nodes like this..

./bbbs 1 1 tcpip

Or like this to log on locally..

./bbbs 0

Ttyl :-),
Al
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Hi Aaron!

I'm trying to run bbbsd on Ubuntu with this syntax:

sudo ./bbbsd 1 1 telnet:23 httpd:80

I switch to user root on my ubuntu system, and use this command:

./bbbsd 4 15 telnetd:2030 httpd:8090 ftpd:60721 rawd:24555:binkp "quiet" "fork"
"uid:bbs" &

^ (that is all one line)

I use nodes 1, 2 and 3 for dialout lines here, that's why I start bbbsd with nodes 4-15.

But then BBBSD says this:

"Can't bind to socket. Is service already running? Using ports below 1024 require root access, see uid: paramenter"

Right... you need to run that as root. You can user bbbs to the sudo group. Hope that helps :)

Take care,
Janis
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sudo ./bbbsd 1 1 ftpd:21 telnetd:23 httpd:80 rawd:24554:binkp quiet fork uid:alan

I tried that, but with admin as the uid (that's the administrator user account.) It still said this:

"Can't bind to socket. Is service already running? Using ports below 1024 require root access, see uid: paramenter"

Note: This is running under Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on a VPS (in case that matters.)

Thanks for your suggestion - that looks more proper - but do you have any other suggestion? It seems like a port conflict but I'm not sure why.
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./bbbsd 4 15 telnetd:2030 httpd:8090 ftpd:60721 rawd:24555:binkp "quiet" "f
"uid:bbs" &

Thanks for this tip - there's a slight variation from what Alan gave me, so I tried that (the quotes) but it still says:

"Can't bind to socket. Is service already running? Using ports below 1024
require root access, see uid: paramenter"

I'm running it as the administrator (in ubuntu) but it just won't bind to port 80. It binds to port 23 with no problem.

Could it have soemthing to do with Apache settings?
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Hi Aaron,

./bbbsd 4 15 telnetd:2030 httpd:8090 ftpd:60721 rawd:24555:binkp "quiet" "f >> "uid:bbs" &

Thanks for this tip - there's a slight variation from what Alan gave me, so I tried that (the quotes) but it still says:
"Can't bind to socket. Is service already running? Using ports below 1024 require root access, see uid: paramenter"

I'm running it as the administrator (in ubuntu) but it just won't bind to port
80. It binds to port 23 with no problem.

Could it have soemthing to do with Apache settings?

If you are running apache on port 80, then make sure you run bbbsd's on httpd:8090 or some different port for the bbbs httpd portion.

Hope that helps... :)

Take care,
Janis
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Re: Re: bbbsd
By: Aaron Thomas to Alan Ianson on Fri May 07 2021 07:43 pm

Thanks for your suggestion - that looks more proper - but do you have any other suggestion? It seems like a port conflict but I'm not sure why.

Is that port already being used? I would try another port, or free up the one you are trying to use if you can.
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If you are running apache on port 80, then make sure you run bbbsd's on httpd:8090 or some different port for the bbbs httpd portion.

Thank you!
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If you are running apache on port 80, then make sure you run bbbsd's on
httpd:8090 or some different port for the bbbs httpd portion.

Thank you!

I hope that fixed your problem :)
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Hello Alan!

07 May 2021 13:25, Alan Ianson wrote to Aaron Thomas:

Hello Aaron,

I'm trying to run bbbsd on Ubuntu with this syntax:

sudo ./bbbsd 1 1 telnet:23 httpd:80

But then BBBSD says this:

"Can't bind to socket. Is service already running? Using ports below
1024 require root access, see uid: paramenter"

+1

It works fine if I just run it on port 23 for telnet like this:
sudo ./bbbsd 1 1 telnet:23

that should not work

But of course I want to listen for http connections too.

Any tips?

xinetd proxy

then bind bbbs to highports only, so xinetd proxy low ports to highports, i did this when i did not have ipv6 at home :)

I always ran bbbsd like this..

sudo ./bbbsd 1 1 ftpd:21 telnetd:23 httpd:80 rawd:24554:binkp quiet
fork uid:alan

add 10000+portnum, and then in xinetd proxy native ports to the bbbs binded ports

port 24554 does not need xinetd

There are other parameters you can use too, use the uid: of the user
the BBS is running as. Adjust as needed.

yes if bbbs is not owned by root or even running as root there is no requirement to use root anywhere or even uid mapping

It's been a while since I ran the SW version. I'm not sure how a
command like that will work in the SW version but have a try and see.

bbbsd is a listener. You can run bbbs to poll other nodes like this..

./bbbs 1 1 tcpip

Or like this to log on locally..

./bbbs 0

its greak to me :-)

back to my ASUS BN50 at home

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Regards Benny

... too late to die young :)

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Benny Pedersen wrote to Alan Ianson <=-

It works fine if I just run it on port 23 for telnet like this:
sudo ./bbbsd 1 1 telnet:23

that should not work

That does work except it should be telnetd:23. bbbsd listens itself to the ports given.

sudo ./bbbsd 1 1 ftpd:21 telnetd:23 httpd:80 rawd:24554:binkp quiet
fork uid:alan

add 10000+portnum, and then in xinetd proxy native ports to the bbbs binded ports

I suppose that could work but I have never used inet.d or xinetd with bbbsd.

These days I use setcap to give bbbsd access to the lower ports so I don't need to start it as root or use sudo.

./bbbs 1 1 tcpip

Or like this to log on locally..

./bbbs 0

its greak to me :-)

Yes, I need to shut down my bbbsd and pollers to add a few areas that were added recently but I have been reluctant to do that because I need to remember the paramaters to restart them. ;)

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Hello Alan!

12 Sep 2021 14:21, Alan Ianson wrote to Benny Pedersen:

It works fine if I just run it on port 23 for telnet like this:
sudo ./bbbsd 1 1 telnet:23

that should not work

That does work except it should be telnetd:23. bbbsd listens itself to the ports given.

yep its still a security problem

sudo ./bbbsd 1 1 ftpd:21 telnetd:23 httpd:80 rawd:24554:binkp quiet
fork uid:alan

add 10000+portnum, and then in xinetd proxy native ports to the bbbs
binded ports

I suppose that could work but I have never used inet.d or xinetd with bbbsd.

i have added my xinetd config to below gopher server at fido.junc.eu, in case friends needs help :)

These days I use setcap to give bbbsd access to the lower ports so I don't need to start it as root or use sudo.

./bbbs 1 1 tcpip

Or like this to log on locally..

./bbbs 0

its greak to me :-)

Yes, I need to shut down my bbbsd and pollers to add a few areas that were added recently but I have been reluctant to do that because I
need to remember the paramaters to restart them. ;)

yep today linode.junc.eu is gone, no need for this vps anymore, i succesfully did a dd o that server to my new home asus pn50, where i can mount it "mount -o loop -t ext4 ddimagefile /mnt" :)

on windows i had hoped for rufus would do this aswell, but non bootelble ddimages is fatal, lol

Ttyl :-),
Al

... This login session: $13.99, but for you $11.88

i need to pay less on linode.com now :)


Regards Benny

... too late to die young :)

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