Subj : Re: Issue installing
To   : All
From : Chad Adams
Date : Fri Nov 24 2017 10:13 am

Oh and just to show that the file is actually there here is output from ls -alh

drwxr-xr-x 7 cadams cadams 4.0K Nov 24 10:06 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams  63K Jan 27  2007 bag
-rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 1.2M Jan 27  2007 bbbs
-rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 5.5K Jan 28  2007 bbbs.001
-rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 9.9K Jan 28  2007 bbbs.002
-rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams  48K Jan 27  2007 bbbsd
-rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams   58 Dec 24  1999 bbbs.key
-rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams  23K Jan 28  2007 bbbstxt
-rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams  25K Jan 28  2007 bbbstxt1
-rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams  24K Jan 28  2007 bbbstxt2
-rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams  24K Jan 28  2007 bbbstxt3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 212K Jan 27  2007 bcfg4
-rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams  20K Jan 28  2007 brobo.wht
-rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 2.4K Jan 28  2007 colors.bbb
drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Jan 28  2007 feelings
drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 24  1999 htdocs
-rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 5.0K Jan 28  2007 inet.bbb
-rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 6.7K Jan 28  2007 LICENSE.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams   82 Dec 24  1999 login.bbb
drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams  12K Jan 28  2007 menus
-rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams   34 Dec 24  1999 _mg
drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 24  1999 misc
-rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams  601 Dec 24  1999 README.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 7.2K Jan 27  2007 ripc
drwxr-xr-x 3 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 25  1999 scripts
-rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 608K Dec 24  1999 sysop.gui
-rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 617K Dec 24  1999 sysop.htm
-rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 626K Dec 24  1999 sysop.txt
cadams@irc:~/bbbs$


On 04:11 24/11 , Chad Adams wrote:
>That should have said untarred, not untested. Autocorrect. 
>
>I'm starting to this this build is either bad, or doesn't work on ubuntu
>(which I doubt since others have run it on Ubuntu, and Debian variants)
>
>
>
>On 04:09 24/11 , Chad Adams wrote:
>>No on running it from /home/cadams
>>
>>I copied the gzip file from www.bbbs.net downloads for intel Linux. Untested
>>into user cadams home sir. See pwd command. Extracted. Ran both as local user
>>and with sudo. File or directory error as before.
>>
>>Running Ubuntu 16.04 server.
>>
>>
>>Output
>>
>>
>>bbbs/menus/editmenu.xg
>>bbbs/menus/rmodmini.gr
>>bbbs/menus/precreg
>>bbbs/menus/mainmens.xg
>>bbbs/menus/editmini.gr
>>bbbs/menus/msg.www
>>bbbs/menus/prereg.3
>>bbbs/menus/postreg.1
>>bbbs/menus/huntmenu.gr3
>>bbbs/menus/fil4mens.gr
>>bbbs/menus/mainmenu.xg
>>bbbs/menus/dirlist.www
>>bbbs/menus/bbbshelp.3
>>bbbs/bbbs
>>bbbs/inet.bbb
>>bbbs/bbbstxt
>>file_id.diz
>>cadams@irc:~$ ls
>>bbbs          dead.letter  find.sh  roundcubemail-1.3.3
>>bbbs_lii.tar  file_id.diz  mail     roundcubemail-1.3.3.tar
>>cadams@irc:~$ cd bbbs
>>cadams@irc:~/bbbs$ pwd
>>/home/cadams/bbbs
>>cadams@irc:~/bbbs$ ./bcfg4 0
>>-bash: ./bcfg4: No such file or directory
>>cadams@irc:~/bbbs$ sudo ./bcfg4 0
>>[sudo] password for cadams:
>>sudo: unable to execute ./bcfg4: No such file or directory
>>cadams@irc:~/bbbs$
>>
>>
>>
>>On 03:06 24/11 , Nicholas Boel wrote:
>>>Hello Chad,
>>>
>>>On Fri Nov 24 2017 07:59:18, Chad Adams wrote to All:
>>>
>>> CA> -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 1.2M Jan 27  2007 bbbs
>>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 5.5K Jan 28  2007 bbbs.001
>>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 9.9K Jan 28  2007 bbbs.002
>>> CA> -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams  48K Jan 27  2007 bbbsd
>>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams   58 Dec 24  1999 bbbs.key
>>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams  23K Jan 28  2007 bbbstxt
>>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams  25K Jan 28  2007 bbbstxt1
>>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams  24K Jan 28  2007 bbbstxt2
>>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams  24K Jan 28  2007 bbbstxt3
>>> CA> -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 212K Jan 27  2007 bcfg4
>>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams  20K Jan 28  2007 brobo.wht
>>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 2.4K Jan 28  2007 colors.bbb
>>> CA> drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Jan 28  2007 feelings
>>> CA> drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 24  1999 htdocs
>>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 5.0K Jan 28  2007 inet.bbb
>>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 6.7K Jan 28  2007 LICENSE.txt
>>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams   82 Dec 24  1999 login.bbb
>>> CA> drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams  12K Jan 28  2007 menus
>>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams   34 Dec 24  1999 _mg
>>> CA> drwxr-xr-x 2 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 24  1999 misc
>>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams  601 Dec 24  1999 README.txt
>>> CA> -rwxr-xr-x 1 cadams cadams 7.2K Jan 27  2007 ripc
>>> CA> drwxr-xr-x 3 cadams cadams 4.0K Dec 25  1999 scripts
>>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 608K Dec 24  1999 sysop.gui
>>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 617K Dec 24  1999 sysop.htm
>>> CA> -rw-r--r-- 1 cadams cadams 626K Dec 24  1999 sysop.txt
>>> CA> cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$ ./bcfg4 0
>>> CA> -bash: ./bcfg4: No such file or directory
>>> CA> cadams@irc:/var/opt/bbbs$
>>>
>>>You could try one of two things:
>>>
>>>Try running bcfg4 with sudo, ie: "sudo ./bcfg4 0" (just as a test). If this
>>>works, then below would most likely apply.
>>>
>>>Try copying the bbbs directory to /home/cadams and running these there
>without
>>>sudo and as owner cadams (again as a test). You may not be able to
>own/execute
>>>with other users besides root in your /var directory. In Jeff's post, he
>>>mentioned having the archive extracted in /var/opt, but he's actually
>>executing
>>> these files from /home/bbbs in which everything there is owned by
bbbs:bbbs,
>>>if I read correctly.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Nick
>>>
>>>... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."
>>>--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20170303
>>> * Origin: thePharcyde_ distribution system (Wisconsin) (1:154/10) 
>>>
>>
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>>
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