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Magicka is meant to be a modern (haha) BBS system, using modern technologies, like Sqlite, XMPP, long filenames (gasp!) etc Magicka is meant to be a modern (haha) BBS system, using modern technologies, like Sqlite, XMPP, long filenames (gasp!) etc
while still retaining the classic BBS feel. ANSI & Telnet, and good old ZModem. while still retaining the classic BBS feel. ANSI & Telnet, and good old ZModem.
Currently it's in it's very early (re)development. You can sign up, login and log off. ie. Don't use it yet.
I plan to work on things in this order: I plan to work on things in this order:
* Mail System (using JAM LIB for compatability) * Mail System (using JAM LIB for compatability) (Mostly Done)
* External Door Support * External Door Support (Mostly Done)
* File Systems * File Systems
* Everything else.. * Everything else..
#### Magicka BBS is not yet complete!!
If you want to install Magicka BBS, follow these steps.
1. Ensure you have git, c compiler, sqlite-dev and gnu make
2. Clone the repo "git clone https://github.com/apamment/MagickaBBS
3. Build JamLib
cd MagickaBBS
./configure
make
su
make install
4. Build the BBS (You may have to adjust the Makefile for your system)
gmake
5. Copy the config-default directory to a config directory.
cp -r config-default config
6. Edit the config files and update essential information, like system paths and BBS name etc
7. Copy the ansi-default directory to the one specified in your system path
eg.
cp -r ansi-default ansi
8. Run Magicka BBS on a port over 1024 (Below require root, and wer're not ready for that).
./magicka config/bbs.ini 2300
9. Your BBS is now running on port 2300, log in and create yourself an account! (By default there is only one
security level, you can add more, but you will need to use an SQLite Manager to modify users.sq3 and set security levels, as there is no user editor yet.