Subj : File support for binkd?
To   : Oli
From : Conny Enström
Date : Fri Feb 04 2022 00:08:53

Den 2022-02-03 kl. 20:14, skrev 2280/464.47:
 O> Conny wrote (2022-02-03):

  CE>> It seems like binkd create some 2.203.0.0.bsy, 2.2.2.0.bsy,
 O> 2.20.0.0.bsy
  CE>> and 2.203.0.0.csy files and at the end removing them.

 O> binkd creates .bsy files for every AKA of the remote system and deletes
 O> them when the call has finished. This is not related to your problem.

  CE>> The line: removing flo:
 O> /home/conny/amigahd/MAI/Outbound/2.203.0.0.dlo
  CE>> Is also strange?

 O> Also normal behavior if run binkd with the -P parameter.


I run it with the -p parameter ( run client only, poll, quit )
Like this: sudo binkd -p -P2:203/0 /etc/binkd/binkd.cfg

 O> The first thing to debug this problem is to make sure that binkd is not
 O> running in the background. Do you still have the binkd package from
 O> Ubuntu installed. Usually Debian/Ubuntu enables and starts services in
 O> installation (I don't remember if this is the case with binkd). If the
 O> package is still installed, do stop it with:

 O> sudo systemctl stop binkd

 O> and optionally disable it:

 O> sudo systemctl disable binkd

 O> Then toss some outgoing mail with TrapToss. It should create some
 O> FLO/DLO/CLO/HLO file.


I killed all binkd processes, seems like I had run it without the parameter -p sometime before, but no change when i write inside the BBS, toss does not create the needed files.

 O> You could also try

 O> grep -A4 start_file_transfer /srv/log/binkd.log

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