Hello Janis,

>> I take it that telnetnode.sh (re)starts your bbbsd daemon?

> Yes, it does.  Here is telnetnode.sh:
> ===cut here===
> #/bin/sh
> cd /home/bbbs
>./bbbsd 4 15 telnetd:2030 httpd:8090 ftpd:60721 rawd:24555:binkp
"quiet" "fork
> "uid:bbs" &
> ===cut here===

That's almost exactly what I use here except that I use default ports since
I at the moment don't use a web server front end. One other thing that I
may change on the setup is to NOT use all available nodes for telnet
purposes.

>> I don't recall, does
>> BBBS create any bsy files that would prevent bbbsd from reloading until any
>> such files were taken care of?

> It's not like BinkD, if that's what you mean, so it doesn't that I can
> remember.

I didn't think it did but couldn't recall for sure.

>>I have tightened down iptables to limit the multiple telnet attempts. Which h
>> helped but I still occasionally run out of available nodes. Even though the
>> busy nodes are cleared more quickly now.

>I thought I had as well... but this darn bot from Yandex kept taking it down..
>They did it three times yesterday, which is why I started searching for a good
> script to restart a daemon.  The script I posted is just perfect IMO. :)
> Running out of available nodes was exactly the problem over here as well...

Thanks, I will give a try and evaluate the results.

Jeff

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