Synchronet v3.21e-Win32 (install) has been released (Mar-2026).

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config:nix [2020/09/15 16:41] – Don't [Unix] User/Group settings unless you have to digital manconfig:nix [2026/02/21 21:15] (current) – Include instructions for how to integrate your UNIX mail system with Synchronet using sendmail.js digital man
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 ==== 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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 When set to ''true'', forces ''sbbs'' to run daemonized (in the background) without specifying the ''-d'' command-line option. Setting this value to ''true'' is not recommended. When set to ''true'', forces ''sbbs'' to run daemonized (in the background) without specifying the ''-d'' command-line option. Setting this value to ''true'' is not recommended.
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 +===== Email =====
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 +Synchronet's mail base and mail server can be used as your UNIX system's email system, if you wish.
 +
 +==== sendmail.js ====
 +
 +The Synchronet ''[[module:sendmail]]'' module can be used as a suitable replace for:
 +  * /usr/sbin/sendmail
 +  * /usr/bin/mail
 +  * /usr/bin/mailx
 +
 +This is achieved by making symbolic links (e.g. using ''ln -s'') from those locations to the Synchronet ''[[dir:exec]]/sendmail.js'' file. For example:
 +
 +  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     37 Feb 13  2023 /usr/bin/mail -> /home/sbbs/sbbs/exec/sendmail.js
 +  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     37 Feb 12  2023 /usr/sbin/sendmail -> /home/sbbs/sbbs/exec/sendmail.js
 +  
 +This works because the ''sendmail.js'' has a "shebang" that auto-invokes [[util:jsexec]]. That shebang has the path ''/sbbs/exec/jsexec'' hard-coded in it (as is the UNIX way), so you may need a symlink from ''/sbbs'' to wherever the proper 'sbbs' location is for that to work as expected:
 +  #!/sbbs/exec/jsexec -x
  
 ===== See Also ===== ===== See Also =====
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-{{tag>unix syslog sbbs.ini}}+{{tag>configuration unix operating_system sendmail email}}

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