Start Synchornet BBS from Systemd

If you run modern GNU/Linux distribution, you can found systemd as init system (Debian, Fedora and others).

Instead of use the old /etc/init.d/sbbs.service init script, you can create a systemd services unit file:

Debian:

Create and edit the follow file:

/etc/systemd/system/sbbs.service

[Unit]
Description=Synchronet BBS
Documentation=man:sbbs
After=network.target

[Service]
Restart=on-failure
EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/sbbs
ExecStart=/sbbs/exec/sbbs nd
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID

User=root
Group=root

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

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