Subj : Re: unix sbbs.log help
To   : bbsing
From : nelgin
Date : Wed Sep 09 2026 02:32 am

On Tue, 8 Sep 2026 22:02:03 -0700
"bbsing" (VERT/LUNAROUT) <VERT/LUNAROUT!bbsing@endofthelinebbs.com>
wrote:

>  bb> I'm trying to get logs output to someplace any place besides the
>  bb> journal.  
> 
>  bb> I'm running under linux/ubunu, sbbs 3.21.f. I don't seem to
>  bb> understand how to work the logs in any mode.  
> 
> Well I figured it out. 
> Looks like this document works well. 
> URL:http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:separate-unix-logs
> 
> At least now I have something happening in /var/log/sbbs/sbbs.log

> I have to see if seperate log files actually arrive. That hasent
> seemed to happen yet. Not sure why. 

Then you did something wrong. It works for me. I would hope it works
for me because I wrote the wiki page based on my configuration that
works perfectly.


bbs@bbs:~/sbbs-git/src/sbbs3$ ls -l /var/log/sbbs/*sbbs.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 bbs bbs  28946525 Sep  9 02:27 /var/log/sbbs/event.sbbs.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 bbs bbs    715381 Sep  9 02:13 /var/log/sbbs/ftp.sbbs.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 bbs bbs   1517078 Sep  9 02:30 /var/log/sbbs/mail.sbbs.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 bbs bbs    122343 Sep  9 02:22 /var/log/sbbs/sbbs.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 bbs bbs  39387401 Sep  9 02:30
/var/log/sbbs/service.sbbs.log -rw-r--r-- 1 bbs bbs  36801862 Sep  9
02:30 /var/log/sbbs/term.sbbs.log -rw-r--r-- 1 bbs bbs 186616198 Sep  9
02:30 /var/log/sbbs/web.sbbs.log
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