Synchronet Game Server
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bartepos · 2023-01-17 15:20

I want to use Synchronet as a (dedicated) game server. Anyone know of
any howtos on how to do that?

I've found:[https://medium.com/@alpha\_11845/lets-set-up-a-dedicated-
game-server-for-our-
bbs-2d0187cad9cb](https://medium.com/@alpha_11845/lets-set-up-a-
dedicated-game-server-for-our-bbs-2d0187cad9cb)  (Part II, which is
what I need is missing...)

[http://dmud.thebbs.org/wg/setup.htm](http://dmud.thebbs.org/wg/setup.
htm) (A bit to dated? Followed it, and I almost have a working setup.
But Synchronet asks for password).

Somebody please make a howto on how to convert a fresh Synchronet
install (Linux) into a dedicated game server for other BBS software :)

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PraiseBobSlackOff · 2023-01-18 22:46

Perhaps consider this: https://www.gamesrv.ca/

Comes with a grip of games ready to go or you can customize it to your
liking. No messages, file bases, etc. Just a bare bones bbs dedicated
to door games (you can also use it as a launcher for older bbs
software that isn’t telnet-ready). Of course you can easily customize
it. It’s a great piece of software I’ve used on and off since early
2000s. I *think* there might be a Linux version. Dig around.

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bartepos · 2023-01-19 04:18

Yeah, thanks! I've been considering that. However, as far as I can
tell it only works with Ubuntu 18.04
([https://github.com/ryanfantus/GameSrv-
linux](https://github.com/ryanfantus/GameSrv-linux)). I have tried to
contact   [rickparrish](https://github.com/rickparrish)  about how to
install on a current Ubuntu, but I haven't heard back yet.

However, even if gamesrv works out; i'd still like to see a howto
using Synchronet for this purpose.

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mro1337_000 · 2023-01-19 21:57

post on dovenet.  i know people that did it YEARS ago but there have
been some changes.

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you can certainly do it with rlogin

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bartepos · 2023-01-20 00:01

Thank you. I will try DOVE-Net

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digitlman · 2023-01-29 22:01

Set `rlogin_auto_xtrn  = true` in the \[logon\] section of your
ctrl/modopts.ini file to start.

See [https://wiki.synchro.net/module:logon](https://wiki.synchro.net/m
odule:logon) for details.

This will allow an rlogin client (the "other BBS software" support
RLogin, yes?) to provide the username, password, and the name of the
external program (e.g. door game) to automatically execute.

If instead, you want rlogin connections just to go directly to a menu
of external programs (the client does or cannot specify an individual
program that the user wants to run), then  `rlogin_xtrn_menu = true`
in that same section of the modopts.ini file.

Like others have said, Synchronet support is the best place to ask
follow-up questions and get quick/accurate answers.