unixbbs-faq

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After paying $50 for the honor of becoming a beta site I found that
the package wasn't even near complete and was very buggy. I got the
author to fix a couple of the problems but it kept taking longer and
longer to get fixes and he kept coming up with excuses for not working
on it. There are fixes that were promised within a couple days that,
more than two months later, still haven't been seen. I've given up on
him and would advise others to stear clear of this one.

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From: [e-mail]
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 1995 21:45:12 -0800 (PST)
Subject: BBLinux
Ftp-Site: sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/BBS/bbs/BBLinux-0.1.tar.gz

BBLinux         BBLinux                         source included

    contact:    Andreas Schiffler
                1230 11th St. E
                Saskatoon, Sask
                S7H 0G3
                Canada
                [e-mail]
                [e-mail]

BBLinux isn't really a BBS. It is a C program and a few scripts that
allow you to add time limit enforcement to a shell or menu login.
Combined with the BBS-Util package and a menu script, or even Lynx,
you could probably come up with a pretty decent BBS in little time.

Excerpts from the README:

The following collection of files and text will help converting a Linux
system into a BBS in (almost) no time. Most of it a quick hack but should
serve as a good starting point. Any help or improvements are welcome ...
I will try to collect them, incorporate them and make them available in the
same package.

Files
-----

 README         - this file
 listcheck.c    - kick-out-program
 timecheck      - shows time left
 limitcheck     - shows exceeded quotas
 newuser        - creates an account
 xxx.sample     - sample file from The Gnu BBS

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From: [e-mail]
Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 22:11:36 -0800 (PDT)
Subject: BBS-Util
Ftp-Site: sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/BBS/Dial-Up_Util_1.1.tar.gz>

BBS-Util        BBS Utilities                   source included
Dial-Up Utils

    contact:    Adam McKee
                [e-mail]

From a recent email from Adam:
        
        BBS-Util no longer exists (as such).  I have renamed the package to
        'Dial-Up Utils' (because the package is not specifically oriented
        towards BBS administration, but towards the administration of dial-ups
        in general).  Dial-Up Utils 1.1 contains several features not found in
        BBS-Util 1.0 such as "Smart-Boot[tm]" (booting users only when all
        lines are busy, and optionally booting at most *one* user per minute
        in order to maximize line utilization).  You can find the package at:

        sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/BBS/Dial-Up_Utils_1.1.tar.gz

Adam wrote this package to enhance and add to the functions provided by
the BBLinux package. It adds the following functions:

timeleft:       Tells users how much time they have left
daysleft:       Tells users how many days they have left before their account
                expires
user_add:       Creates passwd file entry AND record in the BBS user database.
user_addrec:    Create record in user database.
user_del:       Removes passwd file entry AND record in the BBS user database.
user_delrec:    delete record in user database.
user_data:      Shows BBS user record in a readable format.
user_kick:      Give a user the boot (i.e. kill all of their processes).
user_login:     determine if user is allowed to login now.
user_purge:     Remove accounts which have not been used in a certain # of days
.
user_renew:     Resets users daily time used. Handles expired accounts.
user_subscribe: Give a user x minutes / day for the next y days.
user_sync:      synchronize the BBS user file with the password file.
user_time:      change the expiry date and daily time limit of a user.
user_touch:     Modify a user's "last online" field to equal the current date.
user_unsubscribe: Terminate a users subscription.
user_updated:   A deamon that boots users off as necessary.
clean_proc:     Kills processes left running by users after they logged out.
clean_tmp:      Unlinks files in directories you specify.

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From: [e-mail] (Charles Roth)
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 1995 15:00:49 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Caucus

Caucus          commercial package              source not generally available
                                                Usenet via message import

    contact:    Camber-Roth
                3588 Plymouth Road #223
                Ann Arbor, Mi  48105-2603
                USA
                1 313 482 8710 (voice)
                1 313 662 7225 (FAX)

    demo:       NONE

Caucus is a large and robust commercial package.  It is supported on
several hardware platforms and provides a complete networed BBS
solution.  User customization is supported.

                   Caucus  Prices as of September 1994

                                    After Educ. or   One Year   After
 Simultaneous Users   List Price    Gov't Discount   Support    Discount
 ------------------   -----------   -----------      --------   ---------

    8  (PC only)      $ 1,800.00    $ 1,260.00       $  270.00  $  189.00
   16  (PC only)      $ 3,000.00    $ 2,100.00       $  450.00  $  315.00
   25                 $ 4,000.00    $ 2,800.00       $  600.00  $  420.00
   50                 $ 8,000.00    $ 5,600.00       $1,200.00  $  840.00
   75                 $11,250.00    $ 7,875.00       $1,687.00  $1,180.00
   100                $15,000.00    $ 10,500.00      $2,250.00  $1,575.00
   Unlimited          $20,000.00    $ 14,000.00      $3,000.00  $2,100.00

This is an overview of Caucus pricing.  Pricing is based on hardware,
operating system, and number of simultaneous users.  All size licenses
are not available on all systems.  Please note that 8 and 16 user
licenses are available on certain PC-based Unix systems only (SCO,
Coherent).  Workstation prices start at 25 simultaneous users.

Caucus comes with three months of customer and software support.  Support
includes all upgrades to the software released during the covered period,
plus e-mail, on-line, and telephone support.  (Telephone support is
provided for two designated individuals.)

The CaucusLink add-on option, which shares conferences across remote
Caucus sites, may be purchased at an additional 50% of the base Caucus
license fee.

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From: [e-mail]
Date: Wed Sep 29 20:04:00 PST 1994
Subject: Cafe
Ftp-Site: sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/BBS/bbs/cafe*

Cafe is a modified Citadel/UX. See Citadel/UX for description

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From: [e-mail] (G. Wolfe Woodbury)
Date: Sat Jan 15 19:36:41 EST 1994
Subject: Citadel
Ftp-Site: sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/BBS/bbs/citux*

Citadel                 various                 source generally available
                                                some versions have news
        
        Citadel is a whole world unto itself.  Citadel code is/was
widely available, and it has been ported to may different platforms and
environments.  From PC-clones, to the Amiga, to Unix, they all tend to
work the same way.

        Citadel uses a slightly different organizing metaphor.  There
are rooms which may contain messages, files and bulletins (in any
combination.)  You move from room to room and read the messages or
browse the file lists.  You can "forget" rooms to unsubscribe, and there
can be multiple operators on a Citadel system (sub-ops.)

        Finding Citadel is problematical, I've been singularly
unsuccessful in several attempts (even using archie.)
Quartz.rutgers.edu may be the best bet.

        (Authors of specific Citadel [Unix based] packages are invited
        to write and gain fame and fortune in this FAQ!)

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From: [e-mail]
Date: Wed Sep 29 20:04:00 PST 1994
Subject: Citux
Ftp-Site: sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/BBS/bbs/citux*

Citux is a modified Citadel/UX. See Citadel/UX for description

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Commune/IX
Date: Sat Apr  3 00:25:03 EST 1993
Updated: 11/11/94

Commune/IX for Linux    commercial              source available?
                                                NetNews available
        
     contact:   Michael Quigley
                (address unknown)

     demo:      no

        Michael is developing yet another DOS look-alike UNIX BBS for
the Linux platform.  This implies source availability, but since it
looks like he wants to make it a commercial product, it is more likely
to be a binary (object code) distribution rather than source.  The
project sounds ambitious, with replacements for the mailer, and
additional modules for connecting to FIDO Technology Networks, in
addition to all the usual BBS features.
        Pricing and availability are not known.  MQ comments that it
will be a "low cost" system, with per-module pricing.

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From: [e-mail]
Date: Wed May 16 22:17:01 PDT 1996
Subject: drealm
Platforms: Linux, SysVR4.2
Ftp-Site: ftp.ndirect.co.uk:/drealmbbs/archive

DRealm                  GNU License              source included

     contact:   Peter Jones
                [e-mail]
                http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~drealmbbs

     demo:      drealm BBS
                [phone]     v.34
                           568 4318     HST/v.32
                           568 4305     v.32
                           232 8592     v.22bis

This is the blurb that came with version 2.1 (released 5/96).

drealmBBS is a multi-user BBS system.

drealmBBS runs a separate process for each node, and finds out about
other nodes by interrogating certain files on disk and via IPC.  It
needs about 1Mb virtual memory per user.

ALL data is produced and stored as plain ASCII so it can be accessed by
any other application.

It is highly configurable.  All menu options can have access controlled
by user level, userflags, areaflags, and min/max times of day.  Menus may be
presented in plain text or graphics standards such as ANSI.

You may offer your callers any of eight external file transfer
protocols, any three editors and any three display programs.  We have
included our own line editor (isle) and our own display program (pager)
which are both absolutely free of shell escapes and command access.
There is support for output in up to 10 human languages or styles.

Each BBS user has his/her own account in the passwd file, but may of
course run drealmBBS as his shell for security.  Security is also aided
by reverting user to login permissions when using external file transfer
protocols, editors or file viewers - and other external programs
optionally.

Facilities include:

Private inter-user mail, with interface to external mail.  A quota of
external mail can be set per person, and mail can be made available only
to users over a certain level or with a certain flag set.

Message areas (forums):  Public messages are posted without naming a
recipient and can be read by anyone who may access a particular area.
Areas can be open or private, read only or read/write or moderated.
Each area may have an individual areamask, which represents the flag
settings of the users who may access it. An area may also be restricted
to people of over a certain security level.  In the case of a "private"
area access is restricted to only people who are specifically named
within that area.  Messages are linked as threads, and may be read
threadwise, numerically, or by "reference" (ie always reading down
through replies first).  Messages may be unlinked, relinked in a
different way, and copied to other message areas.  Whole threads or
branches may be copied to other areas, retaining their relationships.

Voting:  Votes are attached to public messages.

File up/downloads:  Functions to descend through directories and
re-ascend. File descriptions held.  Files may be posted between
individual users.  No internal protocol provided, you can use any which
are available on your system.  Rename, delete, edit, view files.
Searches recursively from any named parent directory on filenames or
file descriptions.

Chat:  Realtime chat on a message by message basis via pipes and
sockets.  Users can chat and listen whilst doing other things.  Users
can select chat reception on or off.  Menus may disable or enable chat
at any point.  Broadcast chat to anyone listening, or a private message
to named person.

Timing:  Session timers can be set on, off, or paused.  Also total time
per day can be limited.

User defaults:  An extensive range of user default choices including
inactivity timeout, hotkey mode, chat message colours.  Also interface
with terminfo to allow user to choose his best terminal type for use
with external programs.

Run Unix commands or "doors" either with BBS permissions or with login
permissions, as required for access and security.

All above are under total control of configuration files and the
semi-programmable menus.  Each line of each menu can be made available
only at certain times, or only to people with a certain flag set or
security level.

The nodes themselves may be configured to only accept callers fulfilling
certain criteria.

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From: [e-mail]
Date: Wed Aug 11 19:55:34 EDT 1993
Subject: EBBS   Eagle's Nest BBS
Updated: 11/11/94
Ftp-Site: bbs.augsburg.edu:/files/bbs_software/Eagles.BBS.2.0.tar.Z
Ftp-Site: sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/BBS/bbs/ebbs*

EBBS            Eagle's Nest BBS                source included
                                                Usenet unknown

    contact:    Raymond Rocker
                Guy Vega
                (address unknown)

    demo:       Eagles Nest BBS
                seabass.st.usm.edu
                login: bbs         (no password)
        or
                Auggie BBS
                bbs.augsburg.edu
                login: bbs         (no password)
                (Wm. Schwartz - sysop)

This is an Extension of the Mars Pirate BBS code to enhance
functionality and provide some network access.  It now features an IRC
(Internet Relay Chat) client mode so that users can participate in IRC
if allowed.  Usenet may be supported via shell access, but I haven't
tried the demo system or read the code that closely.  It is in current
use, so it has some support and merit.

Notes are given to me that EBBS runs in a "chroot" environment.  It has
hooks for "doors" and chat.  Known systems in use: SunOS4.1.x,
ESIX/SysV, AIX 3.2, Ultrix, Alpha OSF/1, Linux.

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From: [e-mail]
Date: Tue Feb 20 20:55:12 PST 1996
Subject: GDXBBS
Ftp_Site: http://www.ict.pwr.wroc.pl/ftp/pub/bbs/gdxbbs.tgz

GDXBBS          freeware bbs            source included
                                        Usenet is planned
    contact:    Jay A Snyder
                [e-mail]

    demo:       GDX-BBS (home system for GDX)
                [phone] (WorldBlazer/PEP/v.32bis/v.42bis/etc...)

This seems to be a fairly complete BBS system that is well-integrated
into Unix (except for Usenet News).   The system looks easy to configure
and provides linkages to standard E-mail (via smail or deliver).