Hi all,

I've stood up fresh copy of Synchronet (for Windows), got the basics configured
and even connected into DoveNET...

But it seems no one can register. Several people have tried and while it might look like its completed a registration, it refuses to recognize them on a return visit (and of course, there's no user record)..

Coincidently, I cannot SAVE any user edits using the editor from the control panel. Complains about access to User.Dat (but I have permissions set for 'everyone' to have full control in my /bbs directory, so I don't think its a OS-permission thing.

Any help would be appreciated..

Thanks,
Sunspoticus

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On 05-14-19 17:43, Sunspoticus wrote to All <=-

Hi all,

I've stood up fresh copy of Synchronet (for Windows), got the basics configured and even connected into DoveNET...

But it seems no one can register. Several people have tried and while
it might look like its completed a registration, it refuses to
recognize them on a return visit (and of course, there's no user
record)..

Coincidently, I cannot SAVE any user edits using the editor from the control panel. Complains about access to User.Dat (but I have
permissions set for 'everyone' to have full control in my /bbs
directory, so I don't think its a OS-permission thing.

Looks like you're running on Windows. It's possible that either the files have
different permissions, or have the read only bit set. Worth checking.


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Re: New User Registrations
By: Sunspoticus to All on Tue May 14 2019 05:43 pm

Hi all,

I've stood up fresh copy of Synchronet (for Windows), got the basics configured and even connected into DoveNET...

But it seems no one can register. Several people have tried and while it might look like its completed a registration, it refuses to recognize them on a return visit (and of course, there's no user record)..

Coincidently, I cannot SAVE any user edits using the editor from the

control

panel. Complains about access to User.Dat (but I have permissions set for 'everyone' to have full control in my /bbs directory, so I don't think its OS-permission thing.

Any help would be appreciated..

Do you have a sysop account setup yet?

What are the details (date/time, size, permissions) of your data/user/user.dat file?

digital man

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Re: New User Registrations
By: Sunspoticus to All on Tue May 14 2019 17:43:04

control panel. Complains about access to User.Dat (but I have permissions set for 'everyone' to have full control in my /bbs directory, so I don't think its a OS-permission thing.

Are you certain those permissions were applied recursively, and also apply to data/user/user.dat? I imagine others have already said the same, but this sounds like a classic permissions issue.

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Re: Re: New User Registrations
By: Tony Langdon to Sunspoticus on Wed May 15 2019 11:36 am

Looks like you're running on Windows. It's possible that either the files have different permissions, or have the read only bit set. Worth checking.

That was the first thing I checked out. Read-Only is not set and "EVERYONE" (all users) have full control in the entire BBS directory structure.

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Re: New User Registrations
By: Digital Man to Sunspoticus on Tue May 14 2019 07:18 pm

Do you have a sysop account setup yet?

Yes. I'm using it now. Me and the Guest account are the only entries in the userbase.

What are the details (date/time, size, permissions) of your data/user/user.dat file?

user.dat 3k, updated when I logged in a few minutes ago to check for messages.

As expected, I see two backup files. user.0.dat and user.1.dat, both 3k as well.

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Re: New User Registrations
By: Sunspoticus to Digital Man on Wed May 15 2019 05:48 am

Re: New User Registrations
By: Digital Man to Sunspoticus on Tue May 14 2019 07:18 pm

Do you have a sysop account setup yet?

Yes. I'm using it now. Me and the Guest account are the only entries in the userbase.

Okay, so new users can be created? Or something changed since you created the sysop and guest accounts?

What are the details (date/time, size, permissions) of your data/user/user.dat file?

user.dat 3k, updated when I logged in a few minutes ago to check for messages.

As expected, I see two backup files. user.0.dat and user.1.dat, both 3k as well.

I was curious about the exact size, but "3k" is probably fine. I think each record is about 1.5k.

digital man

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Re: New User Registrations
By: Sunspoticus to All on Tue May 14 2019 05:43 pm

I've stood up fresh copy of Synchronet (for Windows), got the basics configured and even connected into DoveNET...

But it seems no one can register. Several people have tried and while it might look like its completed a registration, it refuses to recognize

them

on a return visit (and of course, there's no user record)..

Coincidently, I cannot SAVE any user edits using the editor from the control panel. Complains about access to User.Dat (but I have permissions set for 'everyone' to have full control in my /bbs directory, so I don't think its a OS-permission thing.

I'm no Synchronet "Master Mechanic" but it sure sounds like a permission thing to me.

Steve Wolf
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Re: New User Registrations
By: Sunspoticus to Digital Man on Wed May 15 2019 05:48 am

Do you have a sysop account setup yet?

Yes. I'm using it now. Me and the Guest account are the only entries in the userbase.

Which account your Windows account or Synchronet account? How many user accounts do you have for Windows? Which account did you install Synchronet? Years ago I had a similar problem that turned out to be a windows user Access problem. Before you go any further double check everthing and re-install Synchronet. After you reinstall Synchonet the first account made is your "Synchronet SysOp" account. ;-) Good Luck!

PS If you don't use your windows Guest account or any other accounts delete them. That's what I did anyway. It worked like a charm.

Steve Wolf
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Re: Re: New User Registrations
By: Tony Langdon to Sunspoticus on Wed May 15 2019 11:36 am

Looks like you're running on Windows. It's possible that either the files have different permissions, or have the read only bit set. Worth checking.

That was the first thing I checked out. Read-Only is not set and "EVERYONE" (all users) have full control in the entire BBS directory structure.

Have you specifically checked the files? I might sound pedantic, but there's so much granularity that words don't convey well, and sweeping statements don't
tell me the specific details I need.

Oh, and computers, by their nature are literal and even more pedantic! :D


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Re: New User Registrations
By: Digital Man to Sunspoticus on Wed May 15 2019 11:21 am

Okay, so new users can be created? Or something changed since you created the sysop and guest accounts?

The system will let you register but the record is never saved.

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Re: New User Registrations
By: Steve Wolf to Sunspoticus on Wed May 15 2019 02:25 pm

Which account your Windows account or Synchronet account? How many user accounts do you have for Windows? Which account did you install Synchronet? Years ago I had a similar problem that turned out to be a windows user Access problem. Before you go any further double check everthing and re-install Synchronet. After you reinstall Synchonet the first account made is your "Synchronet SysOp" account. ;-) Good Luck!

PS If you don't use your windows Guest account or any other accounts delete them. That's what I did anyway. It worked like a charm.

I'm talking about my BBS accounts. I installed it using a Administrator-level account.

I've trippled checked the permissions so I've ruled out anything at the OS level at this point.

This is also the 2nd install (fresh) and the effect is still the same.

The version of Windows is Windows Server 2016 Essentials (x64).

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Re: Re: New User Registrations
By: Tony Langdon to Sunspoticus on Thu May 16 2019 07:52 am

Have you specifically checked the files? I might sound pedantic, but there's so much granularity that words don't convey well, and sweeping statements don't tell me the specific details I need.

Its ok, and yes, I've checked it down to the file level.

All the remedial stuff I've looked at as me and computers go back into the mid 1970s and I've been a software engineer 35 years now.. I appreciate everyone's patience and going after the basics. Already covered all those.. :)

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Re: New User Registrations
By: Sunspoticus to Digital Man on Wed May 15 2019 09:14 pm

Re: New User Registrations
By: Digital Man to Sunspoticus on Wed May 15 2019 11:21 am

Okay, so new users can be created? Or something changed since you

created

the sysop and guest accounts?

The system will let you register but the record is never saved.

Well it was working... or else you wouldn't have a sysop and a guest account. Have you looked at your log files for errors?

digital man

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Re: Re: New User Registrations
By: Sunspoticus to Tony Langdon on Wed May 15 2019 09:23 pm

Re: Re: New User Registrations
By: Tony Langdon to Sunspoticus on Thu May 16 2019 07:52 am

Have you specifically checked the files? I might sound pedantic, but there's so much granularity that words don't convey well, and sweeping statements don't tell me the specific details I need.

Its ok, and yes, I've checked it down to the file level.

All the remedial stuff I've looked at as me and computers go back into the mid 1970s and I've been a software engineer 35 years now.. I appreciate everyone's patience and going after the basics. Already covered all those.. :)

If there's any kind of error writing to any files, including the user base, then an error should be logged. Have you looked at your log files (e.g. data/error.log file)?

digital man

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