Hello everybody!

After reviewing the wiki on migrating Synchronet, I removed and did a fresh install on my Linux
Mint VM. After the install I set it up slightly with scfg. I then copied my data, ctrl, node*,
text, mods,and xtrn directories. After that when I ran scfg again, nothing was updated, everything
was the way it was before I copied the directories. Am I missing something, why is Synchronet not
reading the newer files?

P.S. Running Synchronet 3.21a Windows 11/64 and Linux Mint/64

Thanks,
RickV


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On 04 Sep 2025, RickV said the following...

Hello everybody!

After reviewing the wiki on migrating Synchronet, I removed and did a fresh install on my Linux
Mint VM. After the install I set it up slightly with scfg. I then copied my data, ctrl, node*,
text, mods,and xtrn directories. After that when I ran scfg again,
nothing was updated, everything
was the way it was before I copied the directories. Am I missing something, why is Synchronet not
reading the newer files?

now that i figured out why i couldnt reply here on my own system. :) do you have your file permissions on the linux side set correctly?

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Re: Re: Migrate Question
By: Robert Wolfe to RickV on Fri Sep 05 2025 10:13 am

now that i figured out why i couldnt reply here on my own system. :) do you have your file permissions on the linux side set correctly?

... Nine times out of ten the statisticians are wrong

Yea, but still not working right. I think I'm getting close.

RickV

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On 05 Sep 2025, RickV said the following...

Re: Re: Migrate Question
By: Robert Wolfe to RickV on Fri Sep 05 2025 10:13 am

now that i figured out why i couldnt reply here on my own system. :) you have your file permissions on the linux side set correctly?

Yea, but still not working right. I think I'm getting close.

Just curious, what have you found so far?

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Hello Robert!

21 Mar 71 21:03, you wrote to me:

On 05 Sep 2025, RickV said the following...

Re: Re: Migrate Question
By: Robert Wolfe to RickV on Fri Sep 05 2025 10:13 am

now that i figured out why i couldnt reply here on my own

system. :)

you have your file permissions on the linux side set

correctly?

Yea, but still not working right. I think I'm getting close.

Just curious, what have you found so far?

Well, I'll try and not be long winded. I have removed and reinstall SBBS about 4 times, installed with the git repo and and ran make. I also followed the unix install from the wiki's. The 1st couple of times it installed into a dir of /home/sbbs/sbbs/, I have copied my Windows SBBS right over the top of it, but it never took for some reason. So I started using ChatGPT, that helped alot. Finally I installed it on the root as /sbbs copied the main directories of sbbs and it'sup and running now. ChatGPT helped correct all the old windows directories and it's working just like under Windows.

I know it probably isn't the way it should have gone, but it seems clean and running good. check it out if you'd like... livewirebbs.com:1025.

RickV





RickV



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Re: Migrate Question
By: RickV to Robert Wolfe on Fri Sep 05 2025 01:33 pm

Well, I'll try and not be long winded. I have removed and reinstall SBBS about 4 times, installed with the git repo and and ran make. I also followed the unix install from the wiki's. The 1st couple of times it installed into a dir of /home/sbbs/sbbs/, I have copied my Windows SBBS right over the top of it, but it never took for some reason. So I started using ChatGPT, that helped alot. Finally I installed it on the root as /sbbs copied the main directories of sbbs and it'sup and running now. ChatGPT helped correct all the old windows directories and it's working just like under Windows.

What exactly did ChatGPT tell you that was helpful in this matter?
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Re: Migrate Question
By: RickV to Robert Wolfe on Fri Sep 05 2025 01:33 pm

right over the top of it, but it never took for some reason. So I started using ChatGPT, that helped a lot.

What did ChatGPT help with? I've often found ChatGPT is very wrong with certain things, especially Synchronet, as it probably doesn't know much about Synchronet but it still tries to come up with something.

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Re: Migrate Question
By: Nightfox to RickV on Fri Sep 05 2025 05:21 pm

Re: Migrate Question
By: RickV to Robert Wolfe on Fri Sep 05 2025 01:33 pm

right over the top of it, but it never took for some reason. So I started using ChatGPT, that helped a lot.

What did ChatGPT help with? I've often found ChatGPT is very wrong with certain things, especially Synchronet, as it probably doesn't know much about Synchronet but it still tries to come up with something.

Confident, but wrong, usually.
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Re: Migrate Question
By: Digital Man to RickV on Fri Sep 05 2025 02:50 pm

of times it installed into a dir of /home/sbbs/sbbs/,
I have copied my Windows SBBS right over the top of it, but it never
took for some reason. So I started using ChatGPT, that helped alot. Finally I installed it on the root as /sbbs copied the main
directories of sbbs and it'sup and running now. ChatGPT helped
correct all the old windows directories and it's working just like
under Windows.

What exactly did ChatGPT tell you that was helpful in this matter?

really , i'd like to see that chat log. chatgpt would be giving all kinds of wrong advice.
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On 05 Sep 2025, RickV said the following...

I know it probably isn't the way it should have gone, but it seems
clean and running good. check it out if you'd like... livewirebbs.com:1025.

As soon as I can find a decent telnet client that works under Windows Server 2025 I will.

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Re: Re: Migrate Question
By: Robert Wolfe to RickV on Sat Sep 06 2025 10:33 am

On 05 Sep 2025, RickV said the following...

I know it probably isn't the way it should have gone, but it seems clean and running good. check it out if you'd like... livewirebbs.com:1025.

As soon as I can find a decent telnet client that works under Windows
Server 2025 I will.

let us know when you find one.
also shouldnt a server be a server and not something for someone to use
as a home computer
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Re: Re: Migrate Question
By: Robert Wolfe to RickV on Sat Sep 06 2025 10:33 am

On 05 Sep 2025, RickV said the following...

I know it probably isn't the way it should have gone, but it seems clean and running good. check it out if you'd like... livewirebbs.com:1025.

As soon as I can find a decent telnet client that works under Windows Server 2025 I will.

SyncTERM doesn't work?
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On 06 Sep 2025, MRO said the following...

Re: Re: Migrate Question
By: Robert Wolfe to RickV on Sat Sep 06 2025 10:33 am

On 05 Sep 2025, RickV said the following...

I know it probably isn't the way it should have gone, but it seems clean and running good. check it out if you'd like...

let us know when you find one.
also shouldnt a server be a server and not something for someone to use
as a home computer

I run it in a VM.

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On 06 Sep 2025, Digital Man said the following...

As soon as I can find a decent telnet client that works under Windows S 2025 I will.

SyncTERM doesn't work?

I'm sure it will, but 1) I forgot about SyncTerm, and so, (2) Haven't tried it yet, so :) But will do so today. Thank you for the gentle reminder.

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