Subj : Noob prelogon baja .bin
To : The Immortal
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Feb 09 2008 05:16 pm
Re: Noob prelogon baja .bin
By: The Immortal to Digital Man on Sat Feb 09 2008 02:03 pm
> Re: Noob prelogon baja .bin
> By: Digital Man to The Immortal on Sat Feb 02 2008 02:04 pm
>
> OK I fixed it kind sir, sorry for my reply so late.
>
> I had to give security level 0 more than 0 minutes a day.
Ah, I didn't think of that.
> 10 minutes seems fine, I bet it could even be 1 minute with 'suspend time'
> or 'free time' options if you did not want the front program to disconnect
> an idle user.
Yes. Actually, if you have "Monitor Time Left" set to "No" and the program
you're running doesn't check the time left, then 1 minute would be fine.
> I'm going to drag this out a little, to refresh.
> It's something others may want to know?
>
> > > EXEC_XTRN MATRIXC
> > > which loads an external door, of a matrix code screensaver.
> >
> > Is it an actual "door" (i.e. written to run on a BBS) or some other
> > program you're trying to repurpose? Is it a DOS program or a native
> > executable?
>
> It is not a door, it's a regular freebsd binary from the ports tree
> somewhere.
So it's sending output to stdout and you have standard output intercepted and
sent to the remote user?
> This, and desperate lack of knowhow, led me to experiment
> with every way to EXEC or call an executable. Had it right the first time.
>
> NOTE TO SELF: PAYS TO RTFM ESPECIALLY IF DEVELOPER TELLING YOU WHERE
>
> > > It says "Time's up." and hangs up immediately.
> > > Where/what to set?
> >
> > Is "Monitor Time Left" set to Yes or No?
>
> Also tried that option with yes/no, security level 0 stats seem to take
> precedence over all of this. Or other scfg settings.
Well the "Monitor Time Left" option controls whether the BBS checks out much
time the user has remaining while the program is running. It was (before the
recent committed changes) always checking the time left just *before* it ran
the program, however. If this option is set to "No", then it is up to the
external program to check the amount of time remaining (if you care).
> > > Should I try to stuff it in the login matrix.src somewhere and
> > > recompile?
> >
> > I don't think that will help. Is the actual program being called?
>
> The program is being called, it worked, it would just instantly hangup.
> Fine now.
>
> Also, I have no guest account enabled on my BBS. I don't know if this
> would have been a problem in the first place, if I had a guest account..?
No, that would make no difference.
> Oh and yes coincidentally, I noticed some of the CVS submittals and work
> being done since my original post, tighter door handling, and the birth of
> an @EXEC_XTRN@ code. That is excellent.
>
> Thank you again for your time, and all your guys'Z latest efforts, they're
> showing and being used right away.
Okay, good.
digital man (xbox-live: digitlman)
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