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faq:nix [2020/11/14 11:19] – Create Linux-recycle FAQ digital manfaq:nix [2020/11/23 20:21] – [Recycle] typo digital man
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 ===== Recycle ===== ===== Recycle =====
 **Question:**\\ **Question:**\\
-Why do my servers/services fail to recycle when I set the node-recycle flag (e.g. saving changes in [[util:SCFG]]) or when touching [[config:semfiles]]?+Why do my servers/services fail to recycle when I set the node-recycle flag (e.g. saving changes in [[util:SCFG]]) or when touching recycle [[config:semfiles]]? 
 + 
 +**Answer:**\\ 
 +Servers will not recycle while they are in-use. 
 + 
 +<file> 
 +$ node rerun 
 + 
 +Synchronet Node Display/Control Utility v1.34 
 + 
 +Node  1: User #1 reading messages via telnet (M) [R] 
 +Node  2: Waiting for connection [R] 
 +Node  3: Waiting for connection [R] 
 +Node  4: Waiting for connection [R] 
 +Node  5: Waiting for connection [R] 
 +Node  6: Waiting for connection [R] 
 +Node  7: Waiting for connection [R] 
 +Node  8: Waiting for connection [R] 
 +</file>
  
 **Question:**\\ **Question:**\\
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 **Answer:**\\ **Answer:**\\
-Recycle support can be disabled manually be setting the ''NO_RECYCLE'' ''Options'' flag in one or more server sections of your ''[[config:sbbs.ini]]'' file. The log warning messages above indicate that the BBS automatically set this option flag because it was:+Recycle support can be disabled manually be setting the ''NO_RECYCLE'' ''Options'' flag in one or more server sections of your ''[[config:sbbs.ini]]'' file.\\ 
 +The log warning messages above ("Disabling ... recycle support") indicate that the BBS automatically set the ''NO_RECYCLE'' option flag because it was:
   - Configured to bind-to/listen-on TCP ports < 1024 (the so-called "reserved" ports)   - Configured to bind-to/listen-on TCP ports < 1024 (the so-called "reserved" ports)
   - **and** the BBS was configured to change the current user-id in the ''[[config:sbbs.ini#UNIX]]'' section of ''[[config:sbbs.ini]]''   - **and** the BBS was configured to change the current user-id in the ''[[config:sbbs.ini#UNIX]]'' section of ''[[config:sbbs.ini]]''
   - **and** the BBS could not dynamically set the bind capabilities using the Linux "Capabilities" syscall interface.   - **and** the BBS could not dynamically set the bind capabilities using the Linux "Capabilities" syscall interface.
  
-The solution is to remove the ''User'' and ''Group'' settings from the ''[[config:sbbs.ini#UNIX]]'' section of ''[[config:sbbs.ini]]'' and the follow the instructions [[howto:Linux_non-root|here]] for running the BBS on Linux as a non-root user.+The solution is to remove the ''User'' and ''Group'' settings from the ''[[config:sbbs.ini#UNIX]]'' section of ''[[config:sbbs.ini]]'' and then follow the instructions [[howto:Linux_non-root|here]] for running the BBS on Linux as a non-root user (if you haven't already).
  
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