mgetty + VUBBS

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Hi,

Philipp Florschuetz wrote:
> : What is VUbbs? What doesn't work?
> 
> VuBBS is a (semi-) commercial BBS with full color support.
> My forthcoming (noncommercial) mailbox will use exactly the
> described combination. I replaced the 'modem' program in VuBBS
> with mgetty such that this would also take over anon uucp, FIDO,
> fax and anything else mgetty is able to perform.

Sounds reasonable (and very much more flexible :)) ).

> Problem: I get one more login stage: needed a general 'bbs' login
> at first for mgetty that starts VuBBS doorway which polls the terminal
> type afterwards and handles the VuBBS user login. This seems much more
> reliable than my VuBBS login procedure was (and I know mgetty very well
> compared to VuBBS).

This is one way, and I don't think there is any other way if you want to
provide UUCP and/or "real logins" as well.

> If You want to avoid the two logins, You should have to change the
> mgetty source such that it does not ask for a login but only performs
> the 'special logins' like fax etc. and then immediately starts the vuBBS
> doorway. Am I right? Sorry if not! At least it works for me...

Yes, you're right, but then you won't be able to do any other data logins
anymore.

gert

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