On Jun 19 18:28 97, Mick Howe of 3:625/155 wrote:
MH> Does anyone here have any experience in setting up a server 
MH> using
MH> the IBM Internet Connection Server.
MH>  
MH> I am trying to set up a site that emulates the functionality 
MH> of my 
Trying the same sort of thing here:)
MH>The two systems are networked using NetBIOS over TCP/IP.
MH> So far I have got the ICS v4.1.1 running ok and I can serve 
MH> the part of the filebase that is on HD to connections over the 
MH> LAN. This has been achieved by using Colin Wheat's BBS2WEB prog to 
MH> build a set of pages for the filebase. I can serve the CD-ROM 
MH> files if I manually edit the generated pages for the CD areas.
I'm trialing the ICS Secure Server, using WU-FTPD(it resumes aborted 
transfers) as the ftp server and bind for a DNS. I use TVFS to create a drive 
(X:) and attach the BBS file areas and CD's I want to directories on X: under 
/pub. I haven't converted Files.bbs to html though. I'll have a look at 
Colins' prog if I can find it. In the HTTPD.CNF file I added:
"Pass    /pub/*      X:\pub\*" to give access to the filebase.
MH> Specific areas that I need help with are:
MH> 1.  Configuring a dial-in connection
Can help here, need to know what will be running to answer the phone.If this 
line will be ONLY ppp have a look at T-SERVE. Freqable here as tserve11.zip.
MH> 2.  Serving echo and netmail
Let me know when you find out!:)
MH> 3.  Setting up online games
I can help you here too.
MH> 4.  How do I set up user accounts?
And here, with limitations(see below)
MH> 5.  Permanent Inet connection (eventually if cost can be 
MH> justified)
Now if you could help me with this one!! :)
MH> 5.  All the other things I've forgotten and/or don't know 
MH> about.
MH> 6.  How to do it all without any money... 8-)
Very much my problem too:)
I still have a Binkleyterm running and that answers the phone, does it's own 
thing, or passes off to the BBS, PPP or FAX as needs be. If a caller is PPP 
bink starts PPP and does PAP authentication, the user is then welcome to 
access the web pages/fileareas etc through a web browser, ftp files or telnet 
to the BBS proper through VMODEM. The three dos online games(LORD, PLANETS 
and BRE) I have on the BBS all work across telnet.
If you are interested I can collect my cfg's together and crash them to you. 
Maybe you or others here could help me with some things I'd like to know! 
Like how do I get the user info out of PAP authentication so I can log who 
has been on and for how long? At the moment the best I can do in that regard 
so far is to use killppp if they exceed 1 hour. Not so hot if you want to 
give different access to different users.
Doug
PS.. Just realized the date of your post. You may have it all sorted by now 
and be able to help me! How far have you got?
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