ENiGMA½ BBS on a Raspberry Pi

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ENiGMA½ BBS on a Raspberry Pi
Notes on setting up ENiGMA½ BBS and connecting it to a messaging network as a point node.
The notes assume you have setup the Raspberry Pi with ssh access.

My setup:
- Raspberry Pi, running raspbian fsxNet (21:4/143.1) “Eggy Pi BBS”
- Boss node is running Mystic BBS connected to fsxNet (21:4/143) “Eggy BBS”
ENiGMA½ BBS Side
   On the Raspberry Pi setup ENiGMA½ BBS per github instructions:
       curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NuSkooler/enigma-bbs/master/misc/install.sh | bash
       The script will automatically download and setup all the dependencies for ENiGMA½ BBS 
  
To configure enigma-bbs, run the following from the enigma-bbs installation folder: 
 ./oputil.js config new
       
This is a shortened version of getting it installed, please consult the enigma-bbs documentation for more details.

Follow enigma-bbs documentation on how to configure enigma-bbs for messaging networks.
 
If using the master, I had to fix a problem when using unzip, the beta branch has the issue completely resolved.     

BINKD Side
Install and compile binkd from https://github.com/pgul/binkd
enigma-bbs my paths section

    scannerTossers: {
        ftn_bso: {
            paths: {
                outbound: /home/e/bbs/ftn_out/
                inbound: /home/e/bbs/ftn_in/
                secInbound: /home/e/bbs/ftn_secin/
                reject: /home/e/bbs/packets/rejected/
                retain: /home/e/bbs/packets/good/
            }
}

I have created the following dirs based on enigma-bbs my paths:
mkdir -p /home/e/bbs/ftn_out
mkdir /home/e/bbs/ftn_in
mkdir /home/e/bbs/ftn_in_tmp
mkdir /home/e/bbs/ftn_secin

I also adjusted /var/log/binkd so that my user ‘e’ has write access to it

In my binkd.conf, I had to add an extra outbound folder to the outbound path defined in enigma-bbs’s scannerTossers::ftn_bso::paths,  as enigma-bbs appends an outbound folder to its outbound path for legacy compatibility reasons. Below is a working binkd.conf

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# Number @ end is the root zone
domain fsxnet "/home/e/bbs/ftn_out/outbound" 21

# Our fsxNet address
address 21:4/143.1@fsxnet

sysname "Eggy Pi BBS"  
location "Chicago, IL"  
sysop "eggy"

nodeinfo 115200,TCP,BINKP  
try 10  
hold 600  
send-if-pwd

log /var/log/binkd/binkd.log  
loglevel 4  
conlog 4  
percents  
printq  
backresolv

inbound /home/e/bbs/ftn_secin
inbound-nonsecure /home/e/bbs/ftn_in
temp-inbound /home/e/bbs/ftn_in_tmp

minfree 2048  
minfree-nonsecure 2048

kill-dup-partial-files  
kill-old-partial-files 86400

prescan

#Primary BOS node
node 21:4/143@fsxnet -md bbs.eggy.cc:24554 XXXXXXX c

# our listening port (default=24554)
# use a different port for basic added security-ish (e.g. avoid generic scans)
iport 54554

pid-file /var/run/binkd/binkd.pid

# touch a watch file when files are received to kick of toss
flag /home/e/bbs/ftn_in/toss!.now *.su? *.mo? *.tu? *.we? *.th? *.fr? *.sa? *.pkt *.tic

# nuke old .bsy/.csy files after 24 hours
kill-old-bsy 43200