Hello All!

I want to set up a second bbs system on a Raspberry pi to handle a simple-ish service namely for ELIST.

As my main system uses the default of 24554 I have port forwarding set on the router to the main system but need to do the same for port 24555 for the Pi.

Question how do I change the mbse set up to use this change of port as I cannot
find anywhere where this is defined.


Any one have a clue to finding this and changing it ?


Vincent

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//Hello Vincent,//

on *4/13/2022* at *14:39:48* You wrote in area *MBSE*
to *All* about *"Changing the Standard port number used"*.

[snip]

As my main system uses the default of 24554 I have port forwarding set on the router to the main system but need to do the same for port 24555 for the Pi.

Question how do I change the mbse set up to use this change of port as I cannot
find anywhere where this is defined.

Any one have a clue to finding this and changing it ?

Id be tempted to solve this just using the port forwarding. So just forward port 24555 > IPAddressOfPi > 24554

If you are determined to change the ports for any configured services, MBSE uses inetd right?

check out the setup.sh script - at the end of this it configures /etc/services which the inetd service uses.
My first step would be to edit /etc/services then try a reboot and see if inetd/xinetd picks up the new service config.

HTH

Louis
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Hello Louis!

Wednesday April 13 2022 17:09, you wrote to me:

//Hello Vincent,//

on *4/13/2022* at *14:39:48* You wrote in area *MBSE*
to *All* about *"Changing the Standard port number used"*.

[snip]

As my main system uses the default of 24554 I have port
forwarding set on the router to the main system but need to do
the same for port 24555 for the Pi.

Question how do I change the mbse set up to use this change of
port as I cannot find anywhere where this is defined.

Any one have a clue to finding this and changing it ?

Id be tempted to solve this just using the port forwarding. So just
forward port 24555 > IPAddressOfPi > 24554

That should do it - thanks for reminding me.

If you are determined to change the ports for any configured services,
MBSE uses inetd right?

check out the setup.sh script - at the end of this it configures /etc/services which the inetd service uses. My first step would be to
edit /etc/services then try a reboot and see if inetd/xinetd picks up
the new service config.

Yes that is set for 24554 but I do not know what actually this does in relation
to mbse.

Documentation is a bit poor on this in the mbse docs.

I will stick to your first idea - well at least until it doesn't work, that is.

Vincent

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I want to set up a second bbs system on a Raspberry pi to handle a simple-ish service namely for ELIST.

As my main system uses the default of 24554 I have port forwarding set on the router to the main system but need to do the same for port 24555 for the Pi.

Change the binkp port in /etc/services to 24555 on that machine.

Question how do I change the mbse set up to use this change of port as I cannot find anywhere where this is defined.

I'm not sure if MBSE can be configured to use a different port.

Any one have a clue to finding this and changing it ?

Changing the port in /etc/services has worked for me in the past.

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Hello Alan!

Wednesday April 13 2022 14:41, you wrote to me:

I want to set up a second bbs system on a Raspberry pi to handle a
simple-ish service namely for ELIST.

As my main system uses the default of 24554 I have port forwarding
set on the router to the main system but need to do the same for
port 24555 for the Pi.

Change the binkp port in /etc/services to 24555 on that machine.

Question how do I change the mbse set up to use this change of port
as I cannot find anywhere where this is defined.

I'm not sure if MBSE can be configured to use a different port.

Any one have a clue to finding this and changing it ?

Changing the port in /etc/services has worked for me in the past.

Thanks done that as well.


Vincent

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Hello Vincent,

13 Apr 22 15:39, you wrote to All:

Any one have a clue to finding this and changing it ?

Change the port number in /etc/services and restart (x)inetd.

That's it. :)

-- Sean

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Hello Vincent!

13 Apr 22 15:39, you wrote to all:

I want to set up a second bbs system on a Raspberry pi to handle a simple-ish service namely for ELIST.

As my main system uses the default of 24554 I have port forwarding set
on the router to the main system but need to do the same for port
24555 for the Pi.

Question how do I change the mbse set up to use this change of port as
I cannot find anywhere where this is defined.

Any one have a clue to finding this and changing it ?

Change the binkp entry in /etc/services on your Raspberry Pi to 24555/tcp. Then restart (x)inetd and you should be done. The other option is to have your router forward incoming for port 24555 to port 24554 on the RPi.

Regards,

Andrew

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