Subj : Re: Moving SBBS logging o
To   : nelgin
From : Gamgee
Date : Sun Feb 18 2024 12:39:00

-=> nelgin wrote to All <=-

 >  DW> Sounds like maybe Slackware Linux, or at least the version you
 >  DW> are running, has not switched over to systemd?  That happened a
 >  DW> few debian versions ago.

 > Yes, Slackware does not, and likely never will, use systemd.  That's
 > a Good Thing in my opinion.  :-)

 ne> I hated systemd to start with, however having used it for a while
 ne> now, I have found it's extremely powerful.

 ne> For example:

 ne> I am now running each part of sbbs separately, term, services,
 ne> mail, webserver and ftp. Each has their own startup script such
 ne> as

 ne> sbbs-ftp.service, sbbs-term.service and they are controlled as a
 ne> group by sbbs.service

 ne> So I can start and stop each individually or as a group.

 ne> I do a similar thing with sexpots. I have 4 lines and each one
 ne> runs via an independent systemd file, but can be controlled as a
 ne> group.

 ne> It's easy to run sbbs as a separate user, and set parameters for
 ne> the environment that it'll run in.

While it "may" make some things more convenient, any of that stuff can 
be done the "old fashioned way" with scripts, probably in /etc/rc.d , 
and passing of command-line parameters (like start|stop|restart).



.... She kept saying I didn't listen to her, or something like that.
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