Subj : Re: a few questions To : alt.bbs.synchronet From : Ned Brickley Date : Sun Jun 12 2005 09:11 am From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 08:47:31 GMT, "Tracker1" wrote: >Ned Brickley wrote: >> Good day all, I've got a few questions and hopefully they won't show >> me up to be a common user. ;) > >You're a sysop.. ;) Oh God help me!! >> Anyway, First telnet programs. I prefer to use SecureCRT, Version >> 4.0.6 (build 430) and I have run into a couple of small snags. First >> when I try using chat it only shows one letter at a time. I know there >> is a setting in there somewhere I am missing. > >Sorry, not familiar with this program, would suggest syncterm for bbs telnet. I think I've corrected that problem. See previous posting. >> Second question, In order to get new postings from DOVE, do I need to >> have FTP running? The reason I ask is this is a test system and I >> don't like to have FTP running when I don't need to. normally I have >> it blocked at my firewall. I have turned off anonymous logins of >> course. > >No, you FTP out *to* vert, you don't get inbound traffic.. as far as FTP goes, >users will have the same access to files they would have via telnet.. the >transfers tend to go better than via telnet though. Good. Once I get things squared away I'll activate that port along with all the others that are nice to have. >> Fourth question, backups and restores. Do I have to shut the server >> down to back it up, and if I restore it, (such as rebuilding a system >> or moving to a new system), is there anything special I need to do or >> will just restoring everything and possibly reinstalling the server >> application be all I need to do? > >Because sbbs uses record level locking, it is probably best to shut down when >backing up.. the core folders you should backup are ctrl and data... any mods >you make should be in your mods folder.. doors are generally in the xtrn >folder... I have an event that does an xcopy each night.. and will shut down >the bbs once in a while to run it to another folder without the bbs running. Ok, I'll just shut it down then. It's a small directory so it won't take long. >If you backup while running the most likely files to be out of sync are the >mail data files, since they are the most accessed (depending on activity). > >YMMV, IANAL, VWP, QL, SRMA, BNI Thanks. :) -- Ned --- Synchronet 3.12b-Win32 NewsLink 1.83 .