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Michiel Broek
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<BODY>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<h5>Last update 22-Apr-2002</h5>
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<div align="right"><h5>Last update 28-Sep-2002</h5></div>
<h1>MBSE BBS Basic Installation</h1>
<div align="center"><h1>MBSE BBS Basic Installation</h1></div>
<h3>Introduction.</h3>
<p>
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/opt/mbse 0775 Default MBSE_ROOT
/opt/mbse/bin 0755 Binaries
/opt/mbse/doc 0755 Generated sitedocs
/opt/mbse/dutch/macro 0755 N/A
/opt/mbse/dutch/macro 0755 Dutch macro files
/opt/mbse/dutch/menus 0755 Dutch menu files
/opt/mbse/dutch/txtfiles 0755 Dutch ANSI files
/opt/mbse/english/macro 0755 Default english macros, not yet.
/opt/mbse/english/menus 0755 Default english menus
/opt/mbse/english/macro 0755 Default english macro files
/opt/mbse/english/menus 0755 Default english menu files
/opt/mbse/english/txtfiles 0755 Default english ANSI files
/opt/mbse/etc 0775 System configuration files
/opt/mbse/fdb 0775 Files database
/opt/mbse/ftp/pub 0775 Default FTP root for download areas.
/opt/mbse/galego/macro 0755 N/A
/opt/mbse/galego/macro 0755 Galego macro files
/opt/mbse/galego/menus 0755 Galego menu files
/opt/mbse/galego/txtfiles 0755 Galego ANSI files
/opt/mbse/home 0770 Users homedirectories
/opt/mbse/home/bbs 0770 Newuser account
/opt/mbse/html 0755 HTML documentation
/opt/mbse/italian/macro 0755 N/A
/opt/mbse/italian/macro 0755 Italian macro files
/opt/mbse/italian/menus 0755 Italian menu files
/opt/mbse/italian/txtfiles 0755 Italian ANSI files
/opt/mbse/log 0775 MBSE BBS logfiles
/opt/mbse/magic 0755 Magic filerequest names
/opt/mbse/sema 0777 Semafore files
/opt/mbse/spanish/macro 0755 N/A
/opt/mbse/spanish/macro 0755 Spanish macro files
/opt/mbse/spanish/menus 0755 Spanish menu files
/opt/mbse/spanish/txtfiles 0755 Spanish ANSI files
/opt/mbse/tmp 0775 Temp directory
/opt/mbse/tmp/arc 0775 Temp archiver directory
/opt/mbse/var 0770 Var root
/opt/mbse/var/arealists 0750 Areamgr arealist files
/opt/mbse/var/badtic 0750 Bad TIC files
/opt/mbse/var/boxes 0750 Base for nodes fileboxes
/opt/mbse/var/bso 0750 Binkley Style Outbound directory
/opt/mbse/var/bso/outbound 0750 Default outbound for main aka
/opt/mbse/var/inbound 0750 Protected inbound directory
/opt/mbse/var/mail 0770 JAM messagebase root
/opt/mbse/var/msgs 0750 *.msgs netmail directory (not yet in use).
/opt/mbse/var/nodelist 0750 Nodelists
/opt/mbse/var/queue 0750 Queue for before outbound
/opt/mbse/var/ticqueue 0750 Queue for TIC files
/opt/mbse/var/unknown 0750 Unprotected inbound directory
</pre>
<p>
Don't use UMSDOS or SAMBA filesystems for the bbs, stick by the standard Linux
filesystems (ext2 or reiserfs) or ufs if you use FreeBSD.
filesystems (ext2, ext3 or reiserfs) or ufs if you use FreeBSD.
If you intent to make your bbs also accessible
by FTP and WWW you must create the directory structure under the ftp user
behind the pub directory. Read <a href="misc/ftpserver.html">the
@@ -88,15 +90,15 @@ previous or failed installation on your system. If that's so the script will
not run. In other words, you can only run this script once. The script makes
backup copies of the system files it changes, these files will get the
extension <strong>.mbse</strong> To run the installation script you need
the archive <strong>mbbsebbs-0.33.nn.tar.gz</strong>.
the archive <strong>mbbsebbs-0.nn.nn.tar.gz</strong>.
Unpack this archive on your system, in /tmp will do fine:
<pre>
cd /tmp
tar xfvz /path/to/the/mbsebbs-0.33.nn.tar.gz
tar xfvz /path/to/the/mbsebbs-0.nn.nn.tar.gz
</pre>
To start the script type:
<pre>
cd mbsebbs-0.33.nn
cd mbsebbs-0.nn.nn
bash ./SETUP.sh
</pre>
Yes, use <b>bash</b> as shell here. On some systems root doesn't use bash
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the backups of the system files that are changed are in /etc with the
extension <strong>.mbse</strong> i.e: those were the original files.
The installation logfile is copied to /opt/mbse.
If everythings is allright, then remove the directory /tmp/mbsebbs-0.33.nn:
If everythings is allright, then remove the directory /tmp/mbsebbs-0.nn.nn:
<pre>
cd /tmp
rm -Rf mbsebbs-0.33.nn
rm -Rf mbsebbs-0.nn.nn
</pre>
<p>&nbsp;<p>
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Login as user <b>mbse</b>. Yes, very important, <b>login as user mbse</b>.
While in mbse's home directory (/opt/mbse) unpack the distribution archives:
<pre>
tar xfvz /path/to/mbsebbs-0.33.nn.tar.gz
tar xfvz /path/to/mbsebbs-0.nn.nn.tar.gz
</pre>
You now have the subdirectory with sources in the right place.
Next build the binaries and install them using the folowing commands:
<pre>
cd ~/mbsebbs-0.33.nn
cd ~/mbsebbs-0.nn.nn
./configure
make
su <b>important, do not use "su -"</b>