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config:nix [2011/10/26 18:48] – Minor updates. digitalmanconfig:nix [2023/02/12 20:17] (current) – [PidFile] Update the default value and description. digital man
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 ====== UNIX ====== ====== UNIX ======
  
-Configuration of Synchronet for use on Unix/Linux systems.+Configuration of ''[UNIX]'' section of the Synchronet initialization file (e.g. ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[config:sbbs.ini]]'').
  
-===== sbbs.ini ===== +===== User/Group ===== 
- +If you are **not** [[howto:linux_non-root|starting sbbs as ''root'']], then you should **not** set these values.
-Unix/Linux Sysops will particularly want to pay attention to the ''[UNIX]'' section of your Synchronet initialization file (e.g. ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[config:sbbs.ini]]'').+
  
 ==== User ==== ==== User ====
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   # chown -R sbbsuser:sbbsgroup /sbbs   # chown -R sbbsuser:sbbsgroup /sbbs
 +
 +If you do this, then be sure to run any Synchronet utilities (e.g. [[util:SCFG]]) as the same user that the BBS is going to run as:
      
 +  # su -c /sbbs/exec/scfg sbbs  
 +
 +===== Logging =====
 ==== LogFacility ====  ==== LogFacility ==== 
  
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   LogFacility=3   LogFacility=3
    
-Then, in ''/etc/syslog.conf'' you will need to add the line:+Then, in ''/etc/syslog.conf'' (or ''/etc/rsyslog.d/sbbslog.conf'') you will need to add the line:
  
   local3.*                 /var/log/sbbs.log   local3.*                 /var/log/sbbs.log
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 Then send a HUP to syslogd like so: Then send a HUP to syslogd like so:
   # killall -HUP syslogd   # killall -HUP syslogd
 +  
 +Or it might be necessary to:
 +  # service syslogd restart
      
 You could then monitor the Synchronet daemon log output with: You could then monitor the Synchronet daemon log output with:
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 This is the value passed as the ''ident'' argument to the system's ''openlog'' function. Run ''man openlog'' for more details on this setting. This is the value passed as the ''ident'' argument to the system's ''openlog'' function. Run ''man openlog'' for more details on this setting.
 +
 +===== Process Control ===== 
  
 ==== PidFile ==== ==== PidFile ====
  
-Default: ''/var/run/sbbs.pid''+Default: ''sbbs.pid''
  
-This key contains the path of the file which will contain the process identifier (PID) of Synchronet and is used by background/daemon startup scripts to query the current state of ''sbbs''.+This key contains the path of the file which will contain the process identifier (PID) of Synchronet and may be used by background/daemon startup scripts to query the current state of ''sbbs''. When no path is specified, the file (e.g. ''sbbs.pid'') will be created in the Synchronet ''[[dir:ctrl]]'' directory.
  
   # service sbbs status   # service sbbs status
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 ===== See Also ===== ===== See Also =====
   * [[:config:|Configuration]]   * [[:config:|Configuration]]
 +  * [[:monitor:syslog]]
 +
  
 +{{tag>configuration unix operating_system}}

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