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howto:systemd [2020/01/31 12:04] – Clean-up. Provide download link to sbbs.service in CVS. Use wildcards in setcap command. digital manhowto:systemd [2021/01/01 13:44] – [Ubuntu 16.04+] Retros tip from IRC digital man
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   Group=sbbs   Group=sbbs
   PermissionsStartOnly=true   PermissionsStartOnly=true
-  ExecStartPre=/sbin/setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' /sbbs/src/sbbs3/gcc.linux.*.exe.*/sbbs 
   ExecStart=/sbbs/exec/sbbs d   ExecStart=/sbbs/exec/sbbs d
   ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID   ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
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    * **User/Group**. **Remove these** if you would like sbbs to start as root and then drop privileges to the User & Group configured in your sbbs.ini. Possibly remove **PermissionsStartOnly** and **ExecStartPre** as well, as they would be unnecessary.   If you leave these in, ensure the User/Group settings in sbbs.ini are commented out.    * **User/Group**. **Remove these** if you would like sbbs to start as root and then drop privileges to the User & Group configured in your sbbs.ini. Possibly remove **PermissionsStartOnly** and **ExecStartPre** as well, as they would be unnecessary.   If you leave these in, ensure the User/Group settings in sbbs.ini are commented out.
    * **PermissionsStartOnly**. This one tells systemd to execute ExecStartPre as root, but ExecStart as the user and group declared in User,Group.  Can be removed if you remove the User/Group lines.    * **PermissionsStartOnly**. This one tells systemd to execute ExecStartPre as root, but ExecStart as the user and group declared in User,Group.  Can be removed if you remove the User/Group lines.
-   * **ExecStartPre**. Capabilities are lost from the sbbs executable every time it is recompiled. It is possible to mitigate the effect by running setcap just before the daemon is ran. The binding won't fail anymore using this. Please notice you can't point to a symlink here). 
    * **ExecStart**. If you don't want to get syslog entries duplicated you will have to run SBBS in daemonized mode, so the "d" parameter is used. Syslog is implicit when daemonized, so there is no need for additional parameters.     * **ExecStart**. If you don't want to get syslog entries duplicated you will have to run SBBS in daemonized mode, so the "d" parameter is used. Syslog is implicit when daemonized, so there is no need for additional parameters. 
    * **RestartSec**. It's advisable to wait some secs before attempting restarting in case of failure, just to give some time for binding release.    * **RestartSec**. It's advisable to wait some secs before attempting restarting in case of failure, just to give some time for binding release.
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       Docs: man:sbbs       Docs: man:sbbs
    Process: 12364 ExecStart=/sbbs/exec/sbbs d (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)    Process: 12364 ExecStart=/sbbs/exec/sbbs d (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
-   Process: 12356 ExecStartPre=/sbin/setcap cap_net_bind_service=+ep /sbbs/src/sbbs3/gcc.linux.x64.exe.release/sbbs (code=exited, status 
   Main PID: 12374 (sbbs)   Main PID: 12374 (sbbs)
      Tasks: 11      Tasks: 11
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   Dec 11 20:24:03 HISPAMSX sbbs[1226]: term Node 1 thread terminated (0 node threads remain, 71 clients served)   Dec 11 20:24:03 HISPAMSX sbbs[1226]: term Node 1 thread terminated (0 node threads remain, 71 clients served)
  
 +**NOTE**:\\
 +If you're running any kind of recent (last 2yrs+) systemd, to avoid the use of ''[[howto:linux_non-root|setcap]]'' to run 'sbbs' as a non-root user, just put this line in the ''[Service]'' section of your ''sbbs.service'' file:  ''**AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE**''
 ===== Monitoring with Byobu (Tmux backend) ===== ===== Monitoring with Byobu (Tmux backend) =====
 You can have a text mode dashboard for monitoring and configuring your BBS realtime by using Byobu with Tmux or GNU Screen backends. If you are using the Tmux backend. The following configuration splits your screen in three panes: one for SBBS log, other for UMONITOR and a last one for SCFG. Please note that this configuration assumes SBBSCTRL variable is set and that access permissions to the needed files are set for the current user. You can have a text mode dashboard for monitoring and configuring your BBS realtime by using Byobu with Tmux or GNU Screen backends. If you are using the Tmux backend. The following configuration splits your screen in three panes: one for SBBS log, other for UMONITOR and a last one for SCFG. Please note that this configuration assumes SBBSCTRL variable is set and that access permissions to the needed files are set for the current user.

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