Subj : Question about file ownership after restart and possible login delay
To   : Winzlo
From : Gamgee
Date : Fri Apr 24 2026 12:47 pm

-=> Winzlo wrote to All <=-

 Wi> Hi all,

 Wi> I've been doing some testing on my Synchronet 3.21 system under Linux,
 Wi> and I ran into something I'm not entirely sure I'm interpreting
 Wi> correctly. I wanted to run it by the group in case I'm misunderstanding
 Wi> expected behavior.

 Wi> My setup is a fairly standard one where Synchronet starts as root (to
 Wi> bind to low ports) and then drops privileges to the sbbs user.

 Wi> While troubleshooting an unrelated login delay, I noticed that after
 Wi> restarting the BBS using sudo, a couple of files ended up owned by
 Wi> root:

 Wi> - /sbbs/data/msgs/0001.msg
 Wi> - /sbbs/data/error.log

 Wi> When those files are owned by root, logging in (especially as user #1)
 Wi> introduces a noticeable delay during the logon process. Once I change
 Wi> ownership back to sbbs:sbbs, the delay goes away immediately.

<SNIP>

Go to the Wiki and search the term 'setcap'.  You don't need to be 
starting the system as root.




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