NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/comp/os/linux/25194

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From: [e-mail] (Kevin Blaine Fluet)
Subject: Re: BBS Package for Linux
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[e-mail] (Edmund Wong) writes:
>that has that capability.  I haven't tested out PBBS(can be found
>at sunsite.unc.edu), because I always get a compilation error somewhere
>along the road, when I do a 'sh install.out.do' or something like that,
>so I gave up, hoping that sometime in the near future, a BBS will
>come out that may have the capabilities to handle incoming Fidonet
>calls as well as Internet packets(or whatever you call 'em).

Your file called "install.out.do" is actually "install.bbs.dontuse"
                                                           ^^^^^^^
with its title truncated.  The install script if for SunOS, so you have to
install manually.  The binaries were all included in the version of pbbs
that I got from Sunsite (I don't know which dir).  I don't have the thing
fully configured yet, so I can't give it a review.

I agree that a bbs system still has its purposes under unix.  I am setting
pbbs up mostly to allow people who aren't familiar with Unix (there are a
few, you know, out there in the real world) to download and try Linux.  I
will also be offering regular unix accounts, but the average DOS user
won't have a clue at least until they know a few basic commands.

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Kevin Fluet
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