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<div align='right'><h5>Last update 09-Feb-2002</h5></div>
<div align='right'><h5>Last update 03-Sep-2005</h5></div>
<div align='center'><H1>How to setup an FTP server to work with MBSE BBS.</H1></div>
In order to let MBSE BBS and your FTP server to both function together you must
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listings give the proper groupname instead of a number.
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If you want to increase the download counters when files are downloaded via ftp
you must make sure that the ftp daemon logs the downloads to a <b>xferlog</b>
file, for example /var/log/xferlog. This logfile must be readable by user mbse.
Then in <b>mbsetup</b> menu 1.13.5 enter full filename and path to this logfile.
The <b>mball</b> program will parse this file and increase the download counters
for the files that are downloaded from the bbs.
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<A HREF="index.htm"><IMG SRC="../images/b_arrow.png" ALT="Back" Border="0">Go Back</A>
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<div align='right'><h5>Last update 09-Feb-2002</h5></div>
<div align='right'><h5>Last update 03-Sep-2005</h5></div>
<div align='center'><H1>How to setup an webserver to work with MBSE BBS.</H1></div>
<H3>Introduction</H3>
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<TD><A HREF="../images/dream3.png"><IMG SRC="../images/tdream3.png" Border="0" ALT='dreamlandbbs'></A></TD>
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<H3>Counting downloads</H3>
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If you want to increase the download counters when files are downloaded via www
you must make sure that the web logs the downloads to a <b>access_log</b>
file, for example /var/log/apache/access_log.
This logfile must be readable by user mbse and must be in <b>combined</b>
format. You can set this in your apache configuration file.
Then in <b>mbsetup</b> menu 1.13.4 enter full filename and path to this logfile.
The <b>mball</b> program will parse this file and increase the download counters
for the files that are downloaded from the webserver.
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<div align="right"><h5>Last update 26-Aug-2005</h5></div>
<div align="right"><h5>Last update 03-Sep-2005</h5></div>
<div align="center"><H1>mbsebbs - The main BBS program</H1></div>
<H3>Synopsis.</H3>
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<li>filename.asc in the default language directory.
<li>If nothing is found, nothing is displayed.
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<strong>mainlogo</strong>. Here you can put a logo or something.
<strong>welcome</strong>. This screen can contain information about the session
Here is the list of displayed screens:
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<li><strong>mainlogo</strong>. Here you can put a logo or something.
<li><strong>welcome</strong>. This screen can contain information about the session
the user has, his download limits, time left etc.
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<strong>welcome1</strong> is shown if the user has show bulletins set to true.
<strong>welcome2</strong> is shown if the user has show bulletins set to true.
<strong>welcome3</strong> is shown if the user has show bulletins set to true.
<strong>welcome4</strong> is shown if the user has show bulletins set to true.
<strong>welcome5</strong> is shown if the user has show bulletins set to true.
<strong>welcome6</strong> is shown if the user has show bulletins set to true.
<strong>welcome7</strong> is shown if the user has show bulletins set to true.
<strong>welcome8</strong> is shown if the user has show bulletins set to true.
<strong>welcome9</strong> is shown if the user has show bulletins set to true.
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<strong>birthday</strong> is shown if the user logs in at his birthday and if he
<li><strong>welcome1</strong> is shown if the user has show bulletins set to true.
<li><strong>welcome2</strong> is shown if the user has show bulletins set to true.
<li><strong>welcome3</strong> is shown if the user has show bulletins set to true.
<li><strong>welcome4</strong> is shown if the user has show bulletins set to true.
<li><strong>welcome5</strong> is shown if the user has show bulletins set to true.
<li><strong>welcome6</strong> is shown if the user has show bulletins set to true.
<li><strong>welcome7</strong> is shown if the user has show bulletins set to true.
<li><strong>welcome8</strong> is shown if the user has show bulletins set to true.
<li><strong>welcome9</strong> is shown if the user has show bulletins set to true.
<li><strong>birthday</strong> is shown if the user logs in at his birthday and if he
has show bullentins set to true.
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<strong>dd-mm</strong> is shown if <strong>dd</strong> is the date of today and
<li><strong>dd-mm</strong> is shown if <strong>dd</strong> is the date of today and
<strong>mm</strong> is the current month and if the user has show bulletins
set to true.
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<strong>sec20</strong> is shown if the user has the security level in the
<li><strong>sec20</strong> is shown if the user has the security level in the
filename, level 20 in this example. Als the display bulletins must be set to
true.
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<strong>news</strong> is shown if the user has the display bulletins set to
<li><strong>news</strong> is shown if the user has the display bulletins set to
true.
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<strong>onceonly</strong> is shown only if the user has never seen this screen,
<li><strong>onceonly</strong> is shown only if the user has never seen this screen,
the test is to compare the users last login date against the date of this file.
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After all these screens the users Offline Reader areas are checked to see if
you as sysop didn't change the message areas. If you made changes, the users