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Michiel Broek
2002-01-07 22:11:33 +00:00
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<h5>Last update 09-Dec-2001</h5>
<h5>Last update 07-Jan-2002</h5>
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H1 ALIGN="CENTER">Setup mgetty for MBSE BBS</H1>
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# entry here, otherwise /bin/login will fail!
# This entry isn't really necessary: if it's missing, the built-in
# default will do exactly this.
# Here we replace the standard login with MBSE BBS login:
#
* - - /bin/login @
* - - /opt/mbse/bin/mblogin @
#
#
# end of login.config
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<P>
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>
line in /etc/inittab. The file /opt/mbse/etc/issue is a plain textfile
explaining users how to login to start the bbs. It could look like this:<br>
I have added the <strong>-i /opt/mbse/etc/issue</strong> options to the
<strong>mgetty</strong> line in /etc/inittab.
The file /opt/mbse/etc/issue is a plain textfile to give a small banner just
before the login prompt.
It could look like this:<br>
<pre>
.--. Welcome at MBSE BBS Development.
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\___)=(___/
Powered by Linux.
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
this file for a nicer one. Don't make it too big, don't put control characters
in it as this may prevent some mailers to connect to your system.
or ANSI sequences in it as this may prevent some mailers to connect to your system.
<p>
I discovered that some systems don't have the right permissions on the serial
port for MBSE BBS. To fix this type the following commands:
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a legal user of your serial ports. Most distributions have some tool for this.
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