DB> I can't launch "mbsetup" to see if I can fix this so I'm stuck. This
DB> was going to be a telnet-only configuration and one of the last
DB> configuration menus was the modems, I think.
DB> <snip>
DB> Thanks!
A socket send error when trying to start any of the BBS programs usually means
that the mbtask daemon is not running. su to root, and run
/etc/rc.d/init.d/mbsed status. If you receive a message that mbtask is not
running, start it by running (as root) /etc/rc.d/init.d/mbsed start.
If mbtask is in fact already running, it sounds like you may have incorrect
permissions on some/all of the BBS files.