Well My BBS went down last night for the last 5-6 days I have had multiple hacking attemps. as many as 3 nodes at once at times and they didnt get in but they did manage to get the bbs software to close down. If anyone out there knows how to set windows server 2003 standard addition to re run a program to start back up automaticly if its even possible, I'm all ears! I was at my home when this happened at 15 miles away 10pm to far to drive to turn it back on. I guess i could set up the server for remote login and do it that way but thought I would ask!
Thanks Sam

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Well My BBS went down last night for the last 5-6 days I have had multiple hacking attemps. as many as 3 nodes at once at times and they didnt get in but they did manage to get the bbs software to close down. If anyone out there knows how to set windows server 2003 standard addition to re run a program to start back up automaticly if its even possible, I'm all ears! I was at my home when this happened at 15 miles away 10pm to far to drive to turn it back on. I guess i could set up the server for remote login and do it that way but thought I would ask!

I'm sure there's a way - I once found a program specifically for automatically re-starting sbbsctrl if it was not running. Perhaps the Windows Task
Scheduler could do it too, but I'm not sure. I might have to investigate
more.

If your router supports iptables, one thing you could do to prevent those hackers from doing that again is to add their IP addresses to the iptables in your router to block them there so they don't even hit your BBS machine.

Nightfox

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Re: trying hard
By: Sam to All on Thu Feb 13 2014 06:23:48

If anyone out there
knows how to set windows server 2003 standard addition to re run a program t start back up automaticly if its even possible, I'm all ears!

No idea about that I'm afraid, though there should be a way of restarting a program if it's no longer running - but that's assuming it crashes and terminates. If it just hangs, then it might not work.

Enable your server for remote desktop (RDP) and port forward it as appropriate to your system (port 3389). There's a variety of smartphone apps that you can use even over slower 3G connections to remotely administer. I recommend
Remoter VNC for iOS (the RDP is an in-app purchase, but it also does telnet pretty well, so worth buying the 'Complete' add-on if you plan on using several of the protocols. For Android, I recommend iTap Mobile RDP. Expensive, but is by far the best on Android, and believe me, I've tried them all!

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Re: trying hard
By: Sam to All on Thu Feb 13 2014 06:23:48

Ahoy Sam,

but they did manage to get the bbs software to close down. If anyone out there knows how to set windows server 2003 standard addition to re run a program to start back up automaticly if its even possible, I'm all ears! I was at my home when this happened at 15 miles away 10pm to far to drive to turn it back on. I guess i could set up the server for remote login and do it that way but thought I would ask!

Sure,

Install Synchronet as a Windows Service.

Edit that service, there is a tab to restart the service's process if it stops.

Kind regards,

art@fatcatsbbsdotcom

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Re: trying hard
By: art to Sam on Fri Feb 14 2014 01:26 pm

Hey Art I dont know how to do that. Its been awhile since I've run a server, I'm just fumbling around and i get lucky getting it to do what I want. I'll
see if I can find any help on the net I guess. By the way I like the way your website looks maybe some time you could give me some pointers on how you did it. I'm used to using fromt page but this is a bit different. Thanks for the reply
Sam

Re: trying hard
By: Sam to All on Thu Feb 13 2014 06:23:48

Ahoy Sam,

but they did manage to get the bbs software to close down. If anyone out there knows how to set windows server 2003 standard addition to re run a program to start back up automaticly if its even possible, I'm all ears! was at my home when this happened at 15 miles away 10pm to far to drive t turn it back on. I guess i could set up the server for remote login and d it that way but thought I would ask!

Sure,

Install Synchronet as a Windows Service.

Edit that service, there is a tab to restart the service's process if it sto

Kind regards,

art@fatcatsbbsdotcom

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Sam wrote to art <=-

Hey Art I dont know how to do that. Its been awhile since I've run a server, I'm just fumbling around and i get lucky getting it to do what
I want. I'll see if I can find any help on the net I guess. By the way
I like the way your website looks maybe some time you could give me
some pointers on how you did it. I'm used to using fromt page but this
is a bit different. Thanks for the reply
Sam

Re: trying hard
By: Sam to All on Thu Feb 13 2014 06:23:48

Here's a video that will explain what you need to do... :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6o1AvZ06zc

Enjoy..


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Re: trying hard
By: Sam to art on Fri Feb 14 2014 18:20:22

Ahoy Sam,

Hey Art I dont know how to do that. Its been awhile since I've run a
server, I'm just fumbling around and i get lucky getting it to do what I want. I'll see if I can find any help on the net I guess. By the way I

Your first stop will be the Synchronet wiki and docs, which will tell you how to install Synchronet as a Windows service.

Your second stop will be any site that shows you how to edit Windows Services so that they automatically restart.

I have a bit of a different setup, where I setup a scheduled task to run "sbbsntsvcs start" every few minutes. It does nothing, if SBBS is running, but will re-start any stopped SBBS services, should one or all of them have crashed.

like the way your website looks maybe some time you could give me some pointers on how you did it. I'm used to using fromt page but this is a bit different. Thanks for the reply

Thank you sir.

The website is hosted using Synchronet's built in webserver service. I wrote my own custom web code and a templating system. Happy to go through the steps with you whenever you wish.

It's not quite FrontPage, be warned. :)

Kind regards,

art@fatcatsbbsdotcom

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"No, this will take slightly more time than we have, sir."
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Art,

If you've read this echo, you may know I've been having problems with the nt service crashing from time to time. When does your service crash, and how often must you have your computer rerun the nt service command? How, in Windows do yu have scheduler run something every couple of minutes? I'd just like to be able to leave this bbs for a few days without worrying it's going
to die. Never had this issue with older versions, and ultimately, I hope to help figure out what it's crashing so we can fix it. Soes this "fix" work if the nt service throws an exception message?

Noel

Re: trying hard
By: Sam to art on Fri Feb 14 2014 18:20:22

Ahoy Sam,

Hey Art I dont know how to do that. Its been awhile since I've run a server, I'm just fumbling around and i get lucky getting it to do what I want. I'll see if I can find any help on the net I guess. By the way I

Your first stop will be the Synchronet wiki and docs, which will tell you how to install Synchronet as a Windows service.

Your second stop will be any site that shows you how to edit Windows Services so that they automatically restart.

I have a bit of a different setup, where I setup a scheduled task to run "sbbsntsvcs start" every few minutes. It does nothing, if SBBS is running, but will re-start any stopped SBBS services, should one or all of them have crashed.

like the way your website looks maybe some time you could give me some pointers on how you did it. I'm used to using fromt page but this is a bit different. Thanks for the reply

Thank you sir.

The website is hosted using Synchronet's built in webserver service. I
wrote my own custom web code and a templating system. Happy to go through the steps with you whenever you wish.

It's not quite FrontPage, be warned. :)

Kind regards,

art@fatcatsbbsdotcom

"Data, we have eight or nine minutes at most. Can you finish by then?" "No, this will take slightly more time than we have, sir."
-- Riker and Data in ST:TNG "The Naked Now"

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Ahoy back at ya Art, Okay got the services going. I looked before in the docs never found it guess i didn't look hard enough. I would apreciate the help
with the web setup when ever you have time to walk me threw it.
Sam

Re: trying hard
By: Sam to art on Fri Feb 14 2014 18:20:22

Ahoy Sam,

Hey Art I dont know how to do that. Its been awhile since I've run a server, I'm just fumbling around and i get lucky getting it to do what I want. I'll see if I can find any help on the net I guess. By the way I

Your first stop will be the Synchronet wiki and docs, which will tell you how to install Synchronet as a Windows service.

Your second stop will be any site that shows you how to edit Windows Services so that they automatically restart.

I have a bit of a different setup, where I setup a scheduled task to run "sbbsntsvcs start" every few minutes. It does nothing, if SBBS is running, but will re-start any stopped SBBS services, should one or all of them have crashed.

like the way your website looks maybe some time you could give me some pointers on how you did it. I'm used to using fromt page but this is a bit different. Thanks for the reply

Thank you sir.

The website is hosted using Synchronet's built in webserver service. I
wrote my own custom web code and a templating system. Happy to go through the steps with you whenever you wish.

It's not quite FrontPage, be warned. :)

Kind regards,

art@fatcatsbbsdotcom

"Data, we have eight or nine minutes at most. Can you finish by then?" "No, this will take slightly more time than we have, sir."
-- Riker and Data in ST:TNG "The Naked Now"

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Re: Re: trying hard
By: Ner to art on Mon Feb 17 2014 20:31:27

Ahoy Ner,

If you've read this echo, you may know I've been having problems with the
nt service crashing from time to time. When does your service crash, and

I try to read, but I don't follow everything as closely as I used to.

how often must you have your computer rerun the nt service command? How,
in Windows do yu have scheduler run something every couple of minutes?

I run it every 5 minutes.

In Windows Server 2008, I do the following:

- Run Task Scheduler.
- Create a new task.
- Add an Action to Start a program:
c:\sbbs\exec\sbbsNTsvcs start
- Add a Trigger to start from 00:00, and repeat every 5 minutes.
- Configure whatever options you need and want to, such as running under a particular user account, whether to do it only when logged in or always,
what to do when it fails, etc.

I'd just like to be able to leave this bbs for a few days without worrying it's going to die. Never had this issue with older versions, and ultimately, I hope to help figure out what it's crashing so we can fix it. Soes this "fix" work if the nt service throws an exception message?

It'll work whenever the service stops, and is registered as stopped. At very rare times, the services get stuck going down or don't register as stopped, but that has happened to me less than 2 or 3 times in my combined 500 years of running Synchronet.

Kind regards,

art@fatcatsbbsdotcom

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Re: Re: trying hard
By: Sam to art on Tue Feb 18 2014 08:23:35

Ahoy Sam,

Ahoy back at ya Art, Okay got the services going. I looked before in the docs never found it guess i didn't look hard enough. I would apreciate the help with the web setup when ever you have time to walk me threw it.

Cool, glad to hear. I prefer to run Synchronet as a service, it just makes life easier for me.

You can find me on the official Synchronet IRC channel if you wish to discuss web setup.

Regards,

art@fatcatsbbsdotcom

"Just because there was no sabotage, doesn't mean there isn't a conspiracy
on this ship."
-- Admiral Satie to Picard in ST:TNG "The Drumhead"

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Re: Re: trying hard
By: art to Ner on Thu Feb 20 2014 04:36 pm

but that has happened to me less than 2 or 3 times in my
combined 500 years of running Synchronet.

Dude, yer old!


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Re: Re: trying hard
By: Android8675 to art on Thu Feb 20 2014 22:17:49

but that has happened to me less than 2 or 3 times in my
combined 500 years of running Synchronet.

Dude, yer old!

Maybe that is dog years <G>
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I try to read, but I don't follow everything as closely as I used to.

how often must you have your computer rerun the nt service command? How, in Windows do yu have scheduler run something every couple of minutes?

I run it every 5 minutes.

In Windows Server 2008, I do the following:

- Run Task Scheduler. - Create a new task. - Add an Action to Start
a program: c:\sbbs\exec\sbbsNTsvcs start - Add a Trigger to start
from 00:00, and repeat every 5 minutes. - Configure whatever

if you need to rig up something ugly like that to keep your bbs on its feet, you should let the developer know about what issue you are encountering.


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Re: Re: trying hard By: art to Ner on Thu Feb 20 2014 04:36 pm

but that has happened to me less than 2 or 3 times in my combined
500 years of running Synchronet.

Dude, yer old!

more likely, full of shit.


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