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config:nix [2016/11/19 03:33] – [LogFacility] example syslog config of /etc/rsyslog.d/sbbslog.conf digital manconfig:nix [2020/09/15 16:41] – Don't [Unix] User/Group settings unless you have to 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
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 +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  
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 +===== Logging =====
 ==== LogFacility ====  ==== LogFacility ==== 
  
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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.
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 +===== Process Control ===== 
  
 ==== PidFile ==== ==== PidFile ====
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   * [[:monitor:syslog]]   * [[:monitor:syslog]]
  
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 +{{tag>unix syslog sbbs.ini}}
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