Michiel Broek wrote to Alan Ianson:

MB> AI> When I installed 83.21 mbtask wouldn't start. Once I added that line
MB> AI> it did start just fine. It may be the debian install script isn't
MB> AI> adding it? You'll be able to see in the logs exactly what happened.
MB> 
MB> I did a complete fresh install on a machine and everything went well. 
MB> After that I removed the chatserver entry from /etc/services and then
MB> mbtask crashed during startup. I fixed that and now it starts with
MB> complains about /etc/services, but keeps on running.

I just sent you Al_SETUP.log, should be in your inbound. My services
file doesn't seem to get updated but once I add that line then we are
good to go. If mbtask doesn't crash that is likely enough I think, it's
a simple matter to add that line when it's needed.

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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