The installation directory is the parent directory of your entire BBS. All of the directories are created in here.
The Synchronet BBS system and all the associated tools will default to a path of /sbbs without further configuration. Because of this, it is easiest if this is either a symlink to or the actual directory where Synchronet is installed. In the recommended configuration where there is a user created specifically to run the BBS, it is best if Synchronet is installed to the home directory of that user and a symlink is created pointing to that home directory. For example:
useradd -m -n sbbs
will create a user and group each named “sbbs” and create a home directory for it.ln -s ~sbbs /
will create a symlink from /sbbs to the home directory of the sbbs user (most likely /home/sbbs). mkdir: cannot create directory `/sbbs': Permission denied ln: creating symbolic link `/home/~sbbs' to `~sbbs': Permission denied useradd: unable to lock password file
You do not have permissions to perform the specified action.
sudo
ie: sudo mkdir /sbbs
-bash: useradd: command not found
There are a few possibliities here:
/usr/sbin/useradd -m -n sbbs
or modify your PATH as needed.useradd
utility.sudo