Subj : Re: start_file_transfer permission denied
To   : Daniel Path
From : Tommi Koivula
Date : Sun Jan 04 2026 09:19 am

Daniel Path wrote:

>
> suddenly i have a problem with binkd. it is not transferring the files
> with the .tic file.
>
> binkd log:
>
> ? 02 Jan 04:30:49 [782417] start_file_transfer:
> /home/ftp/pub/fileechoes/z2pntseg/PNT46REG.002: Permission denied
>
> ftn@tentacle:~/log$ ls -ld /home/ftp/pub/fileechoes/z2pntseg/PNT46REG.002
> -rw-r--r-- 1 ftn ftn 2467 Jan  2 04:20
> /home/ftp/pub/fileechoes/z2pntseg/PNT46REG.002
>
> any ideas?

How do you run binkd? Did you update something lately?

I noticed something like this too and I had to update
/lib/systemd/system/binkd.service:

> [Unit]
> Description=binkd FidoTech TCP/IP mailer
> Documentation=man:binkd(8)
> After=network.target
>
> [Service]
> Restart=on-failure
> ExecStart=/usr/sbin/binkd /etc/binkd/binkd.cfg -q -C
> ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
> User=ftn
> Group=ftn
> ConfigurationDirectory=binkd
> StateDirectory=ftn
> ReadWritePaths=/var/log/binkd/
> ReadWritePaths=/var/spool/ftn/
> ReadWritePaths=/bbs/
======================== Added my bbs path here.
> PrivateDevices=yes
> PrivateTmp=yes
> ProtectClock=yes
> ProtectControlGroups=yes
> ProtectHome=yes
> ProtectHostname=yes
> ProtectKernelLogs=yes
> ProtectKernelModules=yes
> ProtectKernelTunables=yes
> ProtectSystem=strict
> RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_INET AF_INET6 AF_UNIX
> RestrictNamespaces=yes
> RestrictRealtime=yes
> RestrictSUIDSGID=yes
> LockPersonality=yes
> MemoryDenyWriteExecute=yes
> NoNewPrivileges=yes
> CapabilityBoundingSet=
> SystemCallArchitectures=native
> SystemCallErrorNumber=EPERM
> SystemCallFilter=@system-service
>
> [Install]
> WantedBy=multi-user.target
>

'Tommi

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