Subj : BBS & Linux & Bastille
To   : Arpawolf
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed Aug 03 2005 01:29 pm

  Re: BBS & Linux & Bastille
  By: Arpawolf to All on Wed Aug 03 2005 12:24 pm

 > Greetings,
 > 
 > Been a while since I've posted. Now having some issues with being able to ge
 > sbbs up and running.
 > 
 > I run Fedora Core 2, and recently installed Bastille (Security hardening)
 > software for my system. Since then, I can't get telnet to 'bind' to the teln
 > port. ;/
 > 
 > I've doubled check, that I can telnet into my system from a remote site and
 > telnet 'accepts' connections. Yet, can not get sbbs to bind to telnet port.
 > 
 > Maybe bastille changed permissions on /sbbs ? Anyone have any thoughts
 > suggestions?

It sounds to me like this Bastille application has its own Telnet server. Run
'netstat -a -p | grep telnet' to find out. See
http://synchro.net/docs/tcpip_faq.html#bind for more details.

 > BTW, what are the default permissions for /sbbs and its recursi
 > dirs/files..?

I don't think that's related, but it's whatever CVS is using when
checking-out/creating the files.

                                                  digital man

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