Subj : Re: For you SBBS Sysops o
To   : Nightfox
From : Gamgee
Date : Sun Jun 30 2024 08:44 am

-=> Nightfox wrote to Gamgee <=-

 > I just run it from a terminal window while in the /sbbs/exec directory,
 > with './sbbs syslog' .  I have several other terminals open tailing
 > several logs, and another terminal for checking on things like
 > backlogged mail or system load, etc.

 > I do not want it starting automatically when the computer is booted up,
 > because perhaps I'm going to do something with the computer such as
 > OS/security updates, or BBS updates, or tweaking of some kind; before
 > the BBS starts.  When I'm ready for it to come up, I bring it up.  Doesn't
 > take much effort or time.  That way I also get to see that it did indeed
 > start properly, ports are opened/listening, etc.  I like to pay attention
 > to the small details to make sure all is running smoothly.

 Ni> You can do that when running it with systemd by monitoring the logs
 Ni> (which you can do in real-time if you want).

Yes, I get that, but... as I said above I don't always want it starting 
the BBS automatically when I bring up (or reboot) the computer.  Also if 
I want to take the BBS down for some maintenance or tweaking, it seems 
much easier to just stop it, do the work, and then just start it again 
manually.  I know you can stop/start stuff with 'systemctl' but somehow 
I find that awkward.  Maybe I'm just set in my ways...  Haha.



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