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  • New (again) sysop

    From Grease@1:103/705 to All on Tue May 12 21:02:24 2026
    Hello guys!
    When I start the daemon, I get this error message under Status. Included snippet.
    I can log in and bbs is running, so I'm not sure where this will blow up on me. Also Dyndns, is returninga 0 when it fires up, so I guess I'm not public yet. Thanks for any input.

    sbbs.service - Synchronet BBS
    Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/sbbs.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
    Active: active (running) since Tue 2026-05-12 20:22:42 CDT; 31min ago
    Invocation: 3c0bebcc75094f9b846176f7181feb8a
    Docs: http://wiki.synchro.net/
    Process: 2745 ExecStart=/sbbs/exec/sbbs d (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
    Main PID: 2747 (sbbs)
    Status: "!setgid FAILED with error 1 (Operation not permitted)"
    Tasks: 15 (limit: 5780)
    Memory: 54.7M (peak: 56.9M)
    CPU: 8.834s
    CGroup: /system.slice/sbbs.service
    ÀÄ2747 /sbbs/exec/sbbs d

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Grease on Wed May 13 18:06:11 2026
    Re: New (again) sysop
    By: Grease to All on Tue May 12 2026 09:02 pm

    Hello guys!
    When I start the daemon, I get this error message under Status. Included snippet.
    I can log in and bbs is running, so I'm not sure where this will blow up on me. Also Dyndns, is returninga 0 when it fires up, so I guess I'm not public yet.

    "Returning a 0" usually means "No error", AKA Success.

    Thanks for any input.

    sbbs.service - Synchronet BBS
    Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/sbbs.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
    Active: active (running) since Tue 2026-05-12 20:22:42 CDT; 31min ago
    Invocation: 3c0bebcc75094f9b846176f7181feb8a
    Docs: http://wiki.synchro.net/
    Process: 2745 ExecStart=/sbbs/exec/sbbs d (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
    Main PID: 2747 (sbbs)
    Status: "!setgid FAILED with error 1 (Operation not permitted)"
    Tasks: 15 (limit: 5780)
    Memory: 54.7M (peak: 56.9M)
    CPU: 8.834s
    CGroup: /system.slice/sbbs.service
    ÀÄ2747 /sbbs/exec/sbbs d

    Are you specifying a specific group in the [unix] section of your ctrl/sbbs.ini file? That's normally needed (when using setcap on Linux to get bind capability).
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  • From Grease@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Thu May 14 21:55:07 2026
    Re: New (again) sysop
    By: Digital Man to Grease on Wed May 13 2026 06:06 pm

    "Returning a 0" usually means "No error", AKA Success.

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  • From Grease@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Thu May 14 22:03:25 2026
    Re: New (again) sysop
    By: Digital Man to Grease on Wed May 13 2026 06:06 pm

    "Returning a 0" usually means "No error", AKA Success.

    Okay. For some reason, I was looking for a 1.

    Are you specifying a specific group in the [unix] section of your ctrl/sbbs.ini file? That's normally needed (when using setcap on Linux to get bind capability).

    I think I got this fixed. I updated using SETCAP=1 and went into sbbs.ini and put in my user and group name. The error went away.
    sbbs.services just says that I am running as a non-root user when I do status. No error though.
    I just finished opening the ports in my router and will reset when I go to bed. We'll see in the morning.

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