Subj : Re: SuperBBS 1.17-3 KEYGENv2
To   : Spectre
From : AKAcastor
Date : Thu Jun 06 2024 13:10:42

 AK> If you do a DIR listing on the key file, the file 
 AK> date should match what
 AK> it was when it was first created by the keygen.  If 
 AK> DIR shows the correct
 AK> date/time then "it should be OK".

 S> They appear to have the correct date time, at least all versions are
 S> consistent.  I can't guarantee off hand they have the exact time I created
 S> them.though.

I uploaded a tool 'SBBSDATE.ZIP' to Another Millennium BBS (another.tel) file area 4 (cracks).

Example output:
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D:\PROJ\SBBS1173\KEYGEN>dir *.scc

 Volume in drive D is DOSShare
 Directory of D:\PROJ\SBBS1173\KEYGEN

577086CE SCC            32 04-10-24   1:12a
        1 file(s)             32 bytes
                   2,147,450,880 bytes free

D:\PROJ\SBBS1173\KEYGEN>sbbsdate 577086ce.scc
File date: Wed Apr 10 01:12:00 2024
File size: 32
SCC filename: 577086CE.SCC

D:\PROJ\SBBS1173\KEYGEN>


The last line printed by SBBSDATE - "SCC filename:" - will print the expected filename for the .SCC file.  The output from SBBSDATE should match the .SCC filename.  If SBBSDATE gives a different filename, then that will be the cause of the problem registering SBBS.

 S> In the single node setup its usually the SBBS 
 S> environment variable, followed
 S> by the path, and current directory. It gets a little sketchier in multinode
 S> and the earlier two settings can get in the way of node 
 S> specific settings, or
 S> the other way around. I'm quite rusty at it now, but there used to be some
 S> you'd have to set in one location or the other and then 
 S> delete the offending
 S> versions.  I've tried all the permutations I can think of..

I've been resisting configuring a multinode SBBS system here out of concern for opening a whole new can of worms for myself. :)  But it is tempting, to get to the bottom of this.

I did put SBBS-KEY.ZIP - v1 of the keygen, which uses a cracked OVRSBBS.OVR to eliminate the .SCC files - back online on Another Millennium, in file area 4 (cracks).  If you don't mind a cracked executable, it eliminates the .SCC file check altogether.   (I do think the v2 of the keygen with correct .SCC file should be working also though.)


Chris/akacastor


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