Subj : Missing .bin files
To   : Fae Empress
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Aug 24 2026 11:40 am

  Re: Missing .bin files
  By: Fae Empress to All on Sun Aug 23 2026 04:10 pm

 > Hello fellow Sysops. I'm new to Synchronet software, having used Mystic and
 > others for my BBS's in the past.
 >
 > The web interface works great, but when I login to the telnet server, it
 > complains of missing yesnobar.bin and default.bin (maybe others?).
 >
 > I'm running 3.17 on Linux, which I downloaded from
 > https://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/ (srun317b.tgz and sbbs317b.tgz)

Is there a particular reason you're running such an old version?

 > So where can I get these files?

The exec/*.bin files are created by running 'make' in the exec directory.

 > Thanks guys! Also I think I'm going to switch my old BBS over to Synchronet
 > if I
 > can get this working correctly.

I suggest you start here:
https://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix
-- 
                                            digital man (rob)

Synchronet "Real Fact" #127:
Synchronet bug reports: https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues
Norco, CA WX: 96.3øF, 35.0% humidity, 0 mph WSW wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs
--- SBBSecho 3.37-Linux
 * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)

.