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    From Bucko@21:4/131 to All on Fri Jan 10 14:32:46 2020
    Hi all.. Have a rather crazy question... I am trying to use Mystic as a door server that I can login via RLOGIN. (I know I can use GameSvr, but want to tackle it with Mystic if possible) I understand the RLOGIN concept wtih User and Password fields, but is there a way to bypass the Mystic login portion
    and just send user and pass to the door menu direct? Any info from any of you seasoned pro's would be appreciated.. (Yea I an kiss up with the best of
    them.. LOL)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Wrong Number ][ (21:4/131)
  • From maskreet@21:1/114 to Bucko on Fri Jan 10 15:03:36 2020
    On 10 Jan 2020, Bucko said the following...

    Hi all.. Have a rather crazy question... I am trying to use Mystic as a door server that I can login via RLOGIN. (I know I can use GameSvr, but want to tackle it with Mystic if possible) I understand the RLOGIN
    concept wtih User and Password fields, but is there a way to bypass the Mystic login portion and just send user and pass to the door menu
    direct? Any info from any of you seasoned pro's would be appreciated.. (Yea I an kiss up with the best of them.. LOL)

    I asked g00r00 to do this because I wanted to use Mystic as a replacement for DoorParty. He told me he had no inclination of doing that, because it wasn't the way RLogin was supposed to work.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/02 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: throwbackbbs.com -\- meriden, ct -\- (21:1/114)
  • From Bucko@21:4/131 to maskreet on Fri Jan 10 22:37:32 2020
    On 10 Jan 2020, maskreet said the following...


    I asked g00r00 to do this because I wanted to use Mystic as a
    replacement for DoorParty. He told me he had no inclination of doing
    that, because it wasn't the way RLogin was supposed to work.


    Welp that answers that.. Guess it will be GameSvr.. :)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Wrong Number ][ (21:4/131)
  • From maskreet@21:1/114 to Bucko on Fri Jan 10 23:57:06 2020
    On 10 Jan 2020, Bucko said the following...

    On 10 Jan 2020, maskreet said the following...


    I asked g00r00 to do this because I wanted to use Mystic as a replacement for DoorParty. He told me he had no inclination of doing that, because it wasn't the way RLogin was supposed to work.


    Welp that answers that.. Guess it will be GameSvr.. :)

    Yeah. If there was a way I could create accounts with Python on connect I'd probably do that. I'm not sure if I can, though. I know you can run Python scripts on the commandline before any connection is completed, but I'm not
    sure I can force account creation that way. Guess it's something to look into.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/02 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: throwbackbbs.com -\- meriden, ct -\- (21:1/114)
  • From Bucko@21:4/131 to maskreet on Sat Jan 11 13:18:44 2020
    On 10 Jan 2020, maskreet said the following...


    Yeah. If there was a way I could create accounts with Python on connect I'd probably do that. I'm not sure if I can, though. I know you can run Python scripts on the commandline before any connection is completed,
    but I'm not sure I can force account creation that way. Guess it's something to look into.

    Definitely appreciate the info Maskreet.. I have a GameSvr running just never finished setting it up and now that my CNet Amiga BBS is close to allowing RLOGIN out I was going to try to use my Door Menu from within the Mystic so I could also take advantage of the MPL doors I have... Oh well..

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Wrong Number ][ (21:4/131)
  • From maskreet@21:1/114 to Bucko on Sun Jan 12 13:18:18 2020
    On 11 Jan 2020, Bucko said the following...

    On 10 Jan 2020, maskreet said the following...


    Yeah. If there was a way I could create accounts with Python on conne I'd probably do that. I'm not sure if I can, though. I know you can r Python scripts on the commandline before any connection is completed, but I'm not sure I can force account creation that way. Guess it's something to look into.

    Definitely appreciate the info Maskreet.. I have a GameSvr running just never finished setting it up and now that my CNet Amiga BBS is close to allowing RLOGIN out I was going to try to use my Door Menu from within
    the Mystic so I could also take advantage of the MPL doors I have... Oh well..

    Actually... I tried another approach to making this work, and I can say that right now with the test script I cobbled together yesterday, I can have accounts created with a supplied username and password. I can also have it auto-login the created account, but not both depending on creation/login. I'm working on that. Once I do, then it should be a snap to just get the supplied username and password and door code through RLogin to use Mystic as a door server. I'll keep you guys updated on this.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/02 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: throwbackbbs.com -\- meriden, ct -\- (21:1/114)
  • From Bucko@21:4/131 to maskreet on Sun Jan 12 18:13:34 2020
    On 12 Jan 2020, maskreet said the following...


    Actually... I tried another approach to making this work, and I can say that right now with the test script I cobbled together yesterday, I can have accounts created with a supplied username and password. I can also have it auto-login the created account, but not both depending on creation/login. I'm working on that. Once I do, then it should be a snap to just get the supplied username and password and door code through RLogin to use Mystic as a door server. I'll keep you guys updated on
    this.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/02 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: throwbackbbs.com -\- meriden, ct -\- (21:1/114)

    That would be great.. :)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Wrong Number ][ (21:4/131)
  • From maskreet@21:1/114 to Bucko on Mon Jan 13 12:19:30 2020
    On 12 Jan 2020, Bucko said the following...

    On 12 Jan 2020, maskreet said the following...
    Actually... I tried another approach to making this work, and I can s that right now with the test script I cobbled together yesterday, I c
    [snip]

    That would be great.. :)

    I actually got it to work. Now I just need to install Syncterm for the RLogin testing, and it should be golden (hopefully).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/02 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: throwbackbbs.com -\- meriden, ct -\- (21:1/114)
  • From Bucko@21:4/131 to maskreet on Mon Jan 13 18:33:40 2020
    On 13 Jan 2020, maskreet said the following...


    I actually got it to work. Now I just need to install Syncterm for the RLogin testing, and it should be golden (hopefully).


    Jeez, that didn't take long at all! ;)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Wrong Number ][ (21:4/131)
  • From g00r00@21:1/120 to maskreet on Mon Jan 20 06:42:40 2020
    I asked g00r00 to do this because I wanted to use Mystic as a
    replacement for DoorParty. He told me he had no inclination of doing
    that, because it wasn't the way RLogin was supposed to work.

    Can you explain this again?

    Are you sure it wasn't because Mystic doesn't have the user's password?

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/02 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Cyberia BBS | cyberiabbs.zapto.org | San Jose, CA (21:1/120)
  • From maskreet@21:1/114 to g00r00 on Mon Jan 20 10:38:00 2020
    On 20 Jan 2020, g00r00 said the following...

    I asked g00r00 to do this because I wanted to use Mystic as a replacement for DoorParty. He told me he had no inclination of doing that, because it wasn't the way RLogin was supposed to work.

    Can you explain this again?

    Are you sure it wasn't because Mystic doesn't have the user's password?

    It was when you first started thinking about implementing an RLogin server in Mystic. I actually think I was the one that put the idea into your head about it, as at the time I was seriously considering using Mystic as the DoorParty server instead of Synchronet or GameSrv.

    After you got RLogin fully working, I'd asked if it was possible for you to allow it to do account auto-creation through RLogin, and you'd said you wouldn't ever because that wasn't the way RLogin worked. I dropped it after that because I figured that was that, and I admire you and your work too much to push for something that you seemed dead-set against.

    It's not a big deal, really. I've been tossing ideas around to myself since then on how I could get that going still, and it looks like Python will do
    the trick. I've got it all working for the most part in tests.

    It's good to see you back as well, man. I'm sorry to hear about everything going on the last year.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/02 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: throwbackbbs.com -\- meriden, ct -\- (21:1/114)
  • From g00r00@21:1/120 to maskreet on Mon Jan 20 16:57:04 2020
    After you got RLogin fully working, I'd asked if it was possible for you to allow it to do account auto-creation through RLogin, and you'd said
    you wouldn't ever because that wasn't the way RLogin worked. I dropped
    it after that because I figured that was that, and I admire you and your work too much to push for something that you seemed dead-set against.

    Gotcha thank you for clearing it up. Maybe I can work on something to allow for it to auto create with SSH/Rlogin in the future, but I am not sure when I might get to it. I'll add it to the list though just so its on there.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/02 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Cyberia BBS | cyberiabbs.zapto.org | San Jose, CA (21:1/120)