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# LBBS - Classical terminal server of LeafOK BBS |
# LBBS - Classical terminal server of LeafOK BBS |
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Copyright (C) 2004-2025 by Leaflet |
Chinese version of README.md is located at [README.zh_CN.md](README.zh_CN.md) |
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Email : leaflet@leafok.com |
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Demo site : bbs.fenglin.info (Telnet 2323 / SSH2 2322) |
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## Introduction |
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Introduction |
This software aims to provide a telnet-based interface for a pure web-based BBS [leafok_bbs](https://github.com/leafok/leafok_bbs). |
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This software (named as LBBS) aims to providing a telnet-based interface for a pure web-based BBS (named as LeafOK BBS). |
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LeafOK BBS (https://github.com/leafok88/leafok_bbs) provides almost all fundamental BBS features as well as many additional plugins. Its major part was written in PHP + MySQL. |
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Thank you for using this software. If you meet any bugs or have any suggestion, please tell me. |
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Demo site: fenglin.info (Telnet 2323 / SSH2 2322) |
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System Requirement |
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1) GNU C Compiler |
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2) PHP ( Version >= 8.2 ) |
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3) MySQL database ( Version >= 8.4 ) |
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## System Requirements |
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Quick Installation |
1. GNU C Compiler |
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2. PHP (version 8.2 or higher) |
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To install LBBS quickly, please do the following steps: |
3. MySQL database (version 8.4 or higher) |
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0) Prerequisite |
## Installation |
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Follow README.md under https://github.com/leafok88/leafok_bbs to initialize the database structure shared by both web version and telnet version. It is highly recommended to finish the configuration steps of web version first and make sure those features could work properly. |
See guide in [INSTALL.md](INSTALL.md) |
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1) Extract the source files from a tarball or export from GitHub |
## Tutorial |
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Run the following command to set up the autoconf/automake environment, |
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sh ./autogen.sh |
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and fix any error if exists. |
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2) Compile source files |
Watch demos and keynotes in [Tutorial.md](Tutorial.md) |
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./configure --prefix=/usr/local/lbbs |
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make |
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3) Create user and group |
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sudo useradd bbs |
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4) Install binary files and data files |
Copyright (C) 2004-2026 Leaflet <leaflet@leafok.com> |
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sudo make install |
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5) Modify following configuration files |
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Default configuration files is saved as *.default, you should rename them first. |
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/usr/local/lbbs/conf/bbsd.conf |
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/usr/local/lbbs/utils/conf/db_conn.inc.php |
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6) Generate menu configuration file with section data by running the script |
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
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sudo -u bbs php /usr/local/lbbs/utils/bin/gen_section_menu.php |
it under the terms of the [GNU General Public License](LICENSE) as published by |
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or |
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7) Create or copy SSH2 RSA certificate into /usr/local/lbbs/conf |
(at your option) any later version. |
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ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "Your Server Name" -f ssh_host_rsa_key |
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8) Startup |
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sudo /usr/local/lbbs/bin/bbsd |
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9) Set up systemd |
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Create your own /usr/lib/systemd/system/lbbs.service from the sample at conf/lbbs.service.default, and make any change if necessary. Please note that the startup argument "-f" with bbsd should be used in systemd notify mode. |
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Run the following bash command to startup the service: |
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sudo systemctl daemon-reload |
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sudo systemctl start lbbs |
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