Subj : Install on Linux
To   : Al
From : Bradley D. Thornton
Date : Sat Aug 31 2019 05:48 pm

 Re: Install on Linux
 By: Al to Bradley D. Thornton on Fri Aug 30 2019 03:12 pm

> > Should I be creating an account on the system for Mystic to run under or install as root?
>
> You can install mystic as a regular user if you have permission to create the  destination directory. I have installed as root before to create the
> directory  and then chown -R that directory to the desired user:group.
>
> Once you are installed run mis with sudo like this..
>
> sudo ./mis server (or daemon)
>
> and it will bind the ports and drop priveleges and run as the user who owns the
> files in your mystic directory.
>
> Remember to shut down and restart mis when you make changes to node configs.

Fantastic!

Thanks Alan! That's exactly what I was looking to find out. I was at the wiki before actually d/l'ing the software as I was still trying to eval from a distance. I've gone through the docs in the bundle have a coupple of dev instances running before deployment into production, but that does answer my question - install as root into whichever dir, chown -Rv that tree and Mystic will run as that user once it binds to the ports and drops privs :)

I have another question now, although it may be a little off-topic here. I found http://bbs.nz/files/fidoapp.txt but I'm not sure if I need to contact the NC for 1:/120 or if it's okay to just send the application to Paul via netmail. I was 1:120/127 and wish to be again.

BTW, I'm really liking Mystic, although I'm still saddened that Searchlight fell off the map ages ago. Maybe later I'll try firing that up under dosemu as a side project, but I'm elated to be preparing to enter the fold after all these years.