Hello All.

I installed Ubuntu 24.04 in a virtualBox, got it up and running and updated. I followed the wiki for installing SBBS in Linux, went well after MY errors. I have been able to set SBBS up and have tried to run the BBS, but I get this error,

bbs@ubuntu-VirtualBox:/home/ubuntu$ /sbbs/exec/sbbs

Synchronet Console for Linux-x64 Version 3.21a Copyright 2025 Rob Swindell !SBBSCTRL environment variable not set, using default value: /sbbs/ctrl
Reading /sbbs/ctrl/sbbs.ini
Loading configuration files from /sbbs/ctrl
!ERROR 13 (Permission denied) creating/opening sbbs.pid
!Started as non-root user (id 1001): May fail to bind TCP/UDP ports below 1024 7/1 21:05:31 term Synchronet Terminal Server Version 3.21a
7/1 21:05:31 term Compiled master/4518ad3ff Jun 25 2025 17:43 with GCC 13.3.0 7/1 21:05:31 term Initializing on Tue Jul 1 21:05:31 2025 with options: 2
7/1 21:05:31 term Loading configuration files from /sbbs/ctrl
7/1 21:05:31 term Verifying/creating data directories
7/1 21:05:31 term Verifying/creating node directories
7/1 21:05:31 term Telnet Server listening on socket 0.0.0.0 port 23
7/1 21:05:31 term Telnet Server listening on socket :: port 23
7/1 21:06:00 term !Telnet Server ERROR -9 calling getaddrinfo() on ::
[Threads: 3 Sockets: 1 Clients: 0 Served: 0 Errors: 1] (?=Help): q

I have given my "sbbs" user full root permissions. I can't figure out why the telnet gets this error. Anyone have an idea? I did set the environment variable.

P.S. I am a NEWBE when using Linux.

Thanks,
RickV

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Re: New Ubuntu & Synchronet setup
By: RickV to All on Tue Jul 01 2025 09:08 pm

Hello All.

I installed Ubuntu 24.04 in a virtualBox, got it up and running and updated. I followed the wiki for installing SBBS in Linux, went well after MY errors. I have been able to set SBBS up and have tried to run the BBS, but I get this error,

bbs@ubuntu-VirtualBox:/home/ubuntu$ /sbbs/exec/sbbs

Synchronet Console for Linux-x64 Version 3.21a Copyright 2025 Rob Swindell !SBBSCTRL environment variable not set, using default value: /sbbs/ctrl Reading /sbbs/ctrl/sbbs.ini
Loading configuration files from /sbbs/ctrl
!ERROR 13 (Permission denied) creating/opening sbbs.pid
!Started as non-root user (id 1001): May fail to bind TCP/UDP ports below 1024 7/1 21:05:31 term Synchronet Terminal Server Version 3.21a
7/1 21:05:31 term Compiled master/4518ad3ff Jun 25 2025 17:43 with GCC 13.3.0 7/1 21:05:31 term Initializing on Tue Jul 1 21:05:31 2025 with options: 2 7/1 21:05:31 term Loading configuration files from /sbbs/ctrl 7/1 21:05:31 term Verifying/creating data directories
7/1 21:05:31 term Verifying/creating node directories
7/1 21:05:31 term Telnet Server listening on socket 0.0.0.0 port 23
7/1 21:05:31 term Telnet Server listening on socket :: port 23
7/1 21:06:00 term !Telnet Server ERROR -9 calling getaddrinfo() on :: [Threads: 3 Sockets: 1 Clients: 0 Served: 0 Errors: 1] (?=Help): q

I have given my "sbbs" user full root permissions. I can't figure out why the telnet gets this error. Anyone have an idea? I did set the environment variable.

did you set it using export?
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Re: New Ubuntu & Synchronet setup
By: RickV to All on Tue Jul 01 2025 09:08 pm

7/1 21:06:00 term !Telnet Server ERROR -9 calling getaddrinfo() on ::

Here's what that -9 error means:
/usr/include/netdb.h:# define EAI_ADDRFAMILY -9 /* Address family for NAME not supported. */

I have given my "sbbs" user full root permissions. I can't figure out why the telnet gets this error. Anyone have an idea? I did set the environment variable.

"::" is an IPv6 address for localhost. Do you have IPv6 enabled for your network stack? If not, then set the *interface keys in your ctrl/sbbs.ini file to "0.0.0.0" (for "all" IPv4 network interfaces), that way sbbs won't try to bind to the IPv6 notation for "all interfaces".
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Hello MRO.

09 Dec 70 04:16, you wrote to me:

Re: New Ubuntu & Synchronet setup
By: RickV to All on Tue Jul 01 2025 09:08 pm

Hello All.

I installed Ubuntu 24.04 in a virtualBox, got it up and running
and updated. I followed the wiki for installing SBBS in Linux,
went well after MY errors. I have been able to set SBBS up and
have tried to run the BBS, but I get this error,

bbs@ubuntu-VirtualBox:/home/ubuntu$ /sbbs/exec/sbbs

Synchronet Console for Linux-x64 Version 3.21a Copyright 2025 Rob
Swindell !SBBSCTRL environment variable not set, using default
value: /sbbs/ctrl Reading /sbbs/ctrl/sbbs.ini Loading
configuration files from /sbbs/ctrl !ERROR 13 (Permission denied)
creating/opening sbbs.pid !Started as non-root user (id 1001):
May fail to bind TCP/UDP ports below 1024 7/1 21:05:31 term
Synchronet Terminal Server Version 3.21a 7/1 21:05:31 term
Compiled master/4518ad3ff Jun 25 2025 17:43 with GCC 13.3.0 7/1
21:05:31 term Initializing on Tue Jul 1 21:05:31 2025 with
options: 2 7/1 21:05:31 term Loading configuration files from
/sbbs/ctrl 7/1 21:05:31 term Verifying/creating data directories
7/1 21:05:31 term Verifying/creating node directories 7/1
21:05:31 term Telnet Server listening on socket 0.0.0.0 port 23
7/1 21:05:31 term Telnet Server listening on socket :: port 23
7/1 21:06:00 term !Telnet Server ERROR -9 calling getaddrinfo()
on :: [Threads: 3 Sockets: 1 Clients: 0 Served: 0 Errors: 1]
(?=Help): q

I have given my "sbbs" user full root permissions. I can't figure
out why the telnet gets this error. Anyone have an idea? I did
set the environment variable.

did you set it using export?

Sure did.

RickV

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