Subj : Running SBBS as non-root
To   : Sardaukar Siet
From : Angus McLeod
Date : Wed Aug 03 2005 09:23 am

  Re: Running SBBS as non-root
  By: Sardaukar Siet to All on Wed Aug 03 2005 05:09:00

 > - How can I run SBBS as non-root? When I try, all I get is this :

Under the [UNIX] section of the /sbbs/ctrl/sbbs.ini file, set User= and 
Group= accordance with your wishes.  Start it as root and it will give up 
root privs as soon as it's bound the reserved ports.  Or, add the un and 
ug options to the CLI.  I use the following script to make it easy to run
from a non-root shell:

	#!/bin/bash
	export SBBSCTRL=/sbbs/ctrl
	if [ "$UID" == "0" ]; then
	  cd /sbbs/exec && \
	  /sbbs/exec/sbbs lt
	else
	  echo "Must start as 'root' user."
	  /bin/su - -c $0
	fi

If you run it and you are not root, it asks for the root password before 
it proceeds.

 > - How can I have a script to place in /etc/init.d/ to use like /etc/init.d/s
 > {start|stop|status}? I was told one is available in the install directory, b
 > I can't find it (no files, just two sub-folders)

I believe Deuce has written one.  Ask him to post it or e-mail it to you.

 > - How can I package this as an RPM, meaning which files are strictly necessa
 > (I built from CVS, so I'm guessing I have a lot of "cvs garbage" around...

The developers will have to answer that for you.  But why would you want 
to do that?  You should *not* be distributing binaries of SBBS, so once 
you have it built, there shouldn't normally be any need to package it up.


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