I built sbbs on another maching using the CVS method and copied over the configs and baja modules I created. Wwhen I start sbbs as root using 'sbbs unsbbs ugsbbs', I get a repeated "Waiting for BBS thread" message. What
causes that?

echto

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Re: Waiting for BBS thread
By: echto to Digital Man on Tue Jan 19 2016 04:39 pm

I built sbbs on another maching using the CVS method and copied over the configs and baja modules I created. Wwhen I start sbbs as root using 'sbbs unsbbs ugsbbs', I get a repeated "Waiting for BBS thread" message. What causes that?

I'm guessing that's the "Waiting for child threads to bind ports..." logic in sbbscon. Is the terminal server (BBS) thread starting? Is it having trouble binding? You'll need to provide more details.

digital man

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Re: Waiting for BBS thread
By: Digital Man to echto on Wed Jan 20 2016 07:58 am

I'm guessing that's the "Waiting for child threads to bind ports..." logic in sbbscon. Is the terminal server (BBS) thread starting? Is it having trouble binding? You'll need to provide more details.

The bbs (v3.17) thread would not start with a sysop password equal to 4 characters.

echto

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Re: Waiting for BBS thread
By: echto to Digital Man on Wed Jan 20 2016 06:39 pm

Re: Waiting for BBS thread
By: Digital Man to echto on Wed Jan 20 2016 07:58 am

I'm guessing that's the "Waiting for child threads to bind ports..." logic in sbbscon. Is the terminal server (BBS) thread starting? Is it having trouble binding? You'll need to provide more details.

The bbs (v3.17) thread would not start with a sysop password equal to 4 characters.

The length of the sysop password has no effect on whether or not the BBS thread will start. I think you're mixing up cause and effect here.

digital man

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