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Table Of Contents
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Ken Hess's
Linux commands you need to know ........ 3
Reports:
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After last week, I thought I'd be happy to be back... I can
breathe, and therefore eat and therefore yap... but with
antibiotics at about the midway point I find everyting a ..eh..
challenge... The bash script I wrote to publish the 'gazette is
is great, does just what I tell it to do... I just have to
remember what I told it to do?? Anyway, here goes. I published
a refresher for linux commands today mostly for me [grin]
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10 more essential Linux commands you need to know
by Ken Hess (RedHat)
You've mastered installation and the basics of filesystem
navigation. Now you're ready to take your skills to the next
level with 10 more essential Linux commands.
Posted September 17, 2019
by
Ken Hess (Red Hat)
10 more essential Linux commands you need to know
Hopefully, you've read my 10 Basic Linux commands you need to
know article, and now you're ready for the next higher rung on
the sysadmin ladder. I n this article, I explore commands that
every system administrator should know for troubleshooting,
general housekeeping, and daily activities that you must
perform.
When you practice commands that can be harmful to a production
system, have a virtual machine running somewhere that you can
torture and restore should something go wrong. For some reason,
people generally frown on having to repair or reinstall
production systems because someone practiced a new command that
went awry. Plus, it's cool to show up one day armed with new
sysadmin skills to impress (school) your coworkers. Remember to
say, "Watch this," to be sure they're paying attention before
you hit the Enter key so it's more dramatic and awe-inspiring.
NOTE: You don't have to be the root user to run any of these
commands. To change system parameters or to edit system files,
though, you will have to be root.
Show who is logged in
As a system administrator, it's your job to keep track of who
logs into your systems, either through automation or when you're
in the system yourself. A quick check can tell you a lot about
what's going on at that point. For example, if you have a
system whose performance is "in the red" and you're not sure why
issue the who command to find out who is logged in. If you see
a developer or group of developers, they might be testing a new
application that is grabbing all the resources. Or you might
have the occasional rogue user running a poorly constructed Nmap
command.
The who command tells you who is logged in, when they logged in,
where they're logged in from, and even which type of connection
they're using:
$ who
root tty1 2019-07-23 07:58
khess pts/0 2019-07-23 07:59 (192.168.1.81)
The ttyX logins are from the console and the pts/X ones are over
the network from a computer via SSH. An acronym for Pseudo
Terminal Slave, most sysadmins refer to the pts entries as
pseudoterminals. The important thing is to note the difference
between TTY (local console) and PTS (remote SSH) logins.
Another reason to run who is if you're about to perform system
maintenance. A quick check will tell you who you have to
contact to advise them to log out of the system because your
maintenance might include a reboot or other activity that will
disrupt their work.
echo a line of text
Believe it or not, echo is one of the most powerful commands at
your disposal. With this command, you can do things like create
files, append to them, check return codes, and view system
variables.
To create a new file this command, use echo with some text, and
then redirect the output to the file you want to create:
$ echo "This is a test file" > test.txt
You don't have to use quotes around the text, but I always do—I
worry that the text I redirect to the file won't look right if I
don't. To be sure it's correct, cat the file:
$ cat test.txt
This is a test file
To append some text on the next line, use the append redirect
operator ( >> ):
$ echo "This is how to add text to a file" >> test.txt
$ cat test.txt
This is a test file
This is how to add text to a file
Check the return code from the last command you ran with echo:
$ echo $? 0
A 0 response typically means success. You can also use echo to
check your environment variables:
$ echo $SHELL
/bin/bash
The echo man page gives you many more options and capabilities,
such as how to use tabs, backspace, carriage returns, and more.
Display the top Linux processes
The top command does much more than simply display Linux
processes, but it's a start. Run top at the command line to
observe for yourself all the information that this command
provides:
top - 10:14:04 up 5 days, 48 min, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.02
Tasks: 233 total, 1 running, 232 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
%Cpu(s): 5.9 us, 5.9 sy, 0.0 ni, 88.2 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0
MiB Mem : 1829.4 total, 191.2 free, 1066.0 used, 572.2 buff/cache
MiB Swap: 0.0 total, 0.0 free, 0.0 used. 538.7 avail Mem
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
1651 khess 20 0 64016 4936 4056 R 11.8 0.3 0:00.02 top
1 root 20 0 179492 12076 6804 S 0.0 0.6 0:40.77 systemd
2 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.17 kthreadd
3 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rcu_gp
4 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rcu_par_
The listing above shows the first few lines from my Red Hat 8.0
server's top display. This command runs continuously, so to
exit, type q. This command is named top in the first place
because it provides a real-time display of the top processes by
CPU and memory usage. To see an exhaustive explanation of the
top command, refer to the man page.
Other than q, the most beneficial key command for me is k, which
prompts a process ID (PID) to kill (terminate). As a system
administrator, it is your job to protect system health for the
general user population of that system. In other words, killing
processes to release resources is one of the things you do,
within reason, of course. It's career-limiting to kill
processes in a haphazard fashion, but it's something that has to
be done from time to time—killing processes—not killing them
haphazardly.
The top command gives you a real-time snapshot of system
performance. Typically, you run top when a performance problem
is reported. When a system is idle, running top isn't exciting
and often results in showing top as the most resource-consuming
process on the system. Don't be alarmed by this, but do realize
that it's possible.
Use top as much as you like, but realize that its information is
not necessarily indicative of overall system performance. It is
a snapshot and not a measure of long-term activity.
kill a process
Although I wrote in the section above that it's your job to
sometimes kill processes, exercise caution when doing so.
There's a good chance that abruptly ending a process will cause
data corruption, data loss, and even job loss for you if you
haven't cleared such actions through the proper channels.
The two most often used signals or options for the kill command
are -15 and -9. Issuing a kill -15 is known as a soft, or
polite kill. The -15 (also known as SIGTERM) signal kills the
process but allows it to finish any pending processing:
$ kill -15
The -9 signal ( SIGKILL ) immediately terminates the program
with no regard for current processing. The -9 signal kills it.
End of story. End of process:
$ kill -9
There are two specific times to use the -9 signal. The first is
when you have a runaway process that can't be killed with the
-15 signal, and the second is when you need to free system
resources immediately without regard for data loss or
corruption. This second scenario is rare, but it does happen.
In that situation, the only other option might be to reboot the
system. Even after killing the process, you might have to
reboot anyway—killing certain processes can leave the system in
an unstable state.
The takeaway here is to use kill sparingly and only with permission.
Closely associated with the kill command is the killall command.
If you have a process such as the Chrome web browser that can
consume more than its share of resources, you can issue the
killall command to rid the system of all its
spawned processes. The killall command doesn't require you to
know the PID, nor do you have to kill each individual process.
Doing so can become way too tedious, and system administrators
haven't the patience for such things.
$ killall chrome
This command terminates all instances of Chrome owned by this
user. You can issue the same command as root, but read the
previous dialog about exercising caution when doing so, because
issuing such a command as root terminates the program for
everyone on the system.
Note: If your system doesn't have the killall command available,
then you'll have to add it by installing the psmisc package as
shown below.
$ sudo yum -y install psmisc
I know, we haven't discussed the yum or dnf commands yet. Take
this one as a "just do it" lesson at this point.
View files more or less
If you've used commands such as ps, you know that file listings
can be long, and a lot of the information flows right off the
screen. Sure, you can page up or scroll, but it's not very
efficient.
The commands more and less limit the amount of data you see to
one "page." As with many things Linux-related, users are in two
camps: the more camp and the less camp. I'm in the more camp.
I never use less. And, no, less isn't more. Even the less man
page reads, "The opposite of more."
From a usage standpoint, these two commands are similar.
However, the differences surface when interacting with these
commands. It's impossible to show effectively in a static
article but less has a few more navigation options than more.
The more command's options are:
Advance one line using the Enter key.
Advance a full page using the Spacebar .
Quit by entering q.
You cannot move backward using more. Less , being more
Wonkavator-esque , allows you to move backward, search for
strings, and much more. Use the man pages for more and less to
decide which of these commands is right for you.
To make things even more complex, there are two ways to use more
and less. You can pipe (|) output to more and less or you can
use these commands to operate directly on files. Here are some
examples (without their output):
$ more /etc/passwd
$ cat /etc/passwd | more
$ ps -ef | more
$ less /etc/passwd
$ cat /etc/passwd | less
$ ps -ef | less
Update user passwd authentication tokens
Standard users use the passwd command to change their passwords.
It's quick and simple to do. Issue the passwd command and
you're prompted to change your password:
$ passwd
Changing password for user khess.
Current password:
New password:
Retype new password:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
When changing your password, you'll notice that the system does
not respond with any dots, stars, or even blank spaces. This
feature is far more secure in situations where someone is
shoulder surfing during a password change. There is also no
option for showing the password. Again, very secure.
There are additional passwd command options for the root user.
For example, if you issue the following command as yourself,
check your system's response:
$ passwd -S
Only root can do that.
If the root user issues this command with a username, the
command displays user information:
$ sudo passwd -S khess
khess PS 2019-07-29 0 99999 7 -1 (Password set, SHA512 crypt.)
The real power for system administrators is being able to set a
user's password without knowing the current one:
$ sudo passwd khess
New password:
Retype new password:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
As root, you can optionally lock and unlock user accounts:
$ sudo passwd -l john
Locking password for user john.
passwd: Success
$ sudo passwd -u john
Unlocking password for user john.
passwd: Success
Use passwd responsibly. And when offboarding a user, you should
lock the account rather than deleting it: The user might have
important data saved in their home directory, or have a process
running that requires the account to be functional. Locking is
good enough to prevent further interactive logins, and will also
inform you about any automated tasks that require a password to
perform. ifconfig a network interface
There are tasks that as a sysadmin you don't do every day, but
when you do them you need a power command like ifconfig. I
classify this command in the power category because it does many
things, but with simple syntax.
Note: While a user can look at network interface configurations
and settings with, you must be root to make changes.
$ ifconfig
enp0s3: flags=4163 mtu 1500
inet 192.168.1.96 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255
inet6 2600:1702:a40:88b0:581f:ea48:4e1a:6711 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0
inet6 fe80::3d1d:ee56:9c1c:33b prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20
ether 08:00:27:a7:47:25 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 1153803 bytes 230635486 (219.9 MiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 78485 bytes 8389458 (8.0 MiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
lo: flags=73 mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10
loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 48 bytes 5616 (5.4 KiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 48 bytes 5616 (5.4 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
virbr0: flags=4099 mtu 1500
inet 192.168.122.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.122.255
ether 52:54:00:7a:a9:b2 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
You can also use ifconfig to assign IP addresses to interfaces,
change an interface's IP addresses, take an interface offline,
bring one online, and more. grep a pattern
Use the grep utility to search for a particular pattern inside a
file or group of files. For example, say that you have a file
in your home directory that contains the IP address of a remote
system that you worked on a few months ago, but you can't recall
the exact address. You know it was something like
192.168.10.???. The problem is that you have 50 files in your
home directory and it would take hours to search through them
all by hand.
Well, fret no more, grep is here to help. In this example, you
can grep for the 192.168.10.pattern in your home directory:
$ grep 192.168.10. *
grep: data: Is a directory
grep: docs: Is a directory
grep: documents: Is a directory
grep: form: Is a directory
grep: forms: Is a directory
Notice that several of the entries state that you're attempting
to look into files that are directories, and that your search
came up negative for a file containing the IP address. Use the
recursive option ( -R ) to search subdirectories:
$ grep -R 192.168.10. *
documents/systems_list.txt: 192.168.10.45 pumba
Here, your search was successful. The grep command returned the
entire line that matches your pattern.
When system administrators mention grep or "grepping" something,
they usually refer to piping in the same sentence, as in "Pipe
it to grep." You don't always need to pipe to grep as you can
see from the example above. But, piping to grep works in a
similar way. To search for systemd in your process list:
$ ps -ef |grep systemd
root 1 0 0 Aug07 ? 00:00:40 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd --sw
root 476 1 0 Aug07 ? 00:00:11 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-jour
root 505 1 0 Aug07 ? 00:00:02 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-udev
root 632 1 0 Aug07 ? 00:00:02 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-mach
dbus 653 1 0 Aug07 ? 00:01:45 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system
root 712 1 0 Aug07 ? 00:00:07 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logi
gdm 1209 1 0 Aug07 ? 00:00:02 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd --us
gdm 1301 1209 0 Aug07 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --sessio
khess 2423 29513 0 10:25 pts/1 00:00:00 grep --color=auto systemd
khess 8088 1 0 Aug07 ? 00:00:03 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd --us
khess 8113 8088 0 Aug07 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --sessio
As you can see, piping to grep is the only way you can find all
instances of systemd from the process list. Note the first
entry with my username on it. That is my grep command searching
for systemd. If you don't want to see that entry, use the -v
option to exclude the grep command itself from your results:
$ ps -ef | grep systemd | grep -v grep
The other grep option that I find helpful is the ignore case
option( -i ):
$ grep -iR bob *
This command searches recursively through all files for the
string bob , regardless of case, which could match all of the
following: Bob, Spongebob, bilbobaggins, and BObrice.
Grep is very useful and can be used on text files, and in
conjunction with other commands via piping. You can also grep
for complex patterns using regular expressions (regex) but that
is a topic for other articles. Scan and process patterns with
awk
I feel like awk is one of those tools that few people use
because they don't understand the full power and possibilities
of this little dynamo. I will jump right in with some examples.
Say that I want a list of all processes that are
systemd-related, but I only want the PIDs, not all of the other
information that you get with ps:
$ ps -ef | grep systemd | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'
1
471
608
631
7449
7494
32681
To explain the command above:
I ran a ps, grepped for systemd, removed my own grep command,
and then piped the output to awk and printed the second column.
It is the second column because by default awk uses a space as a
field separator. The formal awk part of the command would look
like this: awk -F " " '{print $2}', where the -F option defines
the field separator.
For comma-separated values, you'd use:
awk F "," '{print $2}'.
If you have a text file ( test.txt) containing the following:
one,two,three,four,five
1,2,3,4,5
6,7,8,9,10
a,b,c,d,e
And you run awk against that file to extract the third column of
data, it displays the following:
$ cat test.txt | awk -F "," '{print $3}'
three
3
8
c
I think you can see what's going on with awk here. It's handy
for automation scripting as you can probably tell from these
examples. You can extract data and operate on it dynamically
with awk.
Edit text with vi
The vi (visual) text editor was a clever developer's (Bill Joy)
answer to updating the old line editor ex, which Bill Joy also
wrote. This program 40+ years later is still the most used
Linux command line text editor.
The vi editor is small, with the latest incarnation ( vim aka vi
improved) weighing at just over 3MB in size. These days vi is
often a symbolic link to vim (in RHEL 8, for example). Its
enhancements include multi-level undo, multiple windows and
buffers, syntax highlighting, command line editing, file name
completion, online help, and visual selection. Open vim and use
the following command for a summary of the differences between
vim and vi :
:help vi_diff.txt
vi has so many options and features that I'm only mentioning it
as one of the commands you need to know in this article. Please
refer to my vi : An introduction article for a more extensive
look at vi.
Wrapping up
Surprisingly, out of more than 200 possible Linux commands, most
system administrators only use about two dozen on a regular
basis. If you know those, system administration becomes easier
and far more elegant. Struggling with commands and syntax makes
the job harder. Learn these popular and highly-used commands
and you'll have the power to make a difference in your
environment.
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8 MINISTER 0 JNODE 0.00%
0 ML_BASEBALL 0 JAZZ 0.00%
0 MONTE 0 JAMNNTPD 0.00%
0 MOVIES 0 IMECHO 0.00%
1 MUFFIN 0 IIHF 0.00%
27 MYSTIC 0 IBBSDOOR 0.00%
0 NET_DEV 0 HOTDOGED 0.00%
0 NFL 0 HOLYSMOKE 0.00%
0 NHL 0 HAM_TECH 0.00%
0 OS2 0 GUNS_N_SUCH 0.00%
0 OS2BBS 0 GUN_CONTROL 0.00%
0 OS2DOS 0 GUITAR 0.00%
0 OS2DOSBBS 0 GOLDED 0.00%
0 OS2HARDWARE-L 0 GECHO_HELP 0.00%
0 OS2PROG 0 FUTURE4FIDO 0.00%
0 OS2REXX 0 FUNNY 0.00%
0 OS2USER-L 0 FTSC_PUBLIC 0.00%
29 OTHERNETS 0 FMAIL_HELP 0.00%
0 PASCAL 0 FLASHMARIO 0.00%
0 PASCAL_LESSONS 0 FILEGATE 0.00%
1 PCBOARD 0 FILEFIND 0.00%
0 PERL 0 FIDO_UTIL 0.00%
0 PKEY_DROP 0 FIDOSOFT.HUSKY 0.00%
0 POINTS 0 FE_HELP 0.00%
0 POL_DISORDER 0 FDECHO 0.00%
0 POL_INC 0 ESPOMEN 0.00%
61 POLITICS 0 ENTHRAL 0.00%
0 PRISM 0 EMERGCOM 0.00%
0 PUBLIC_KEYS 0 ELIST 0.00%
0 PYTHON 0 EDGE_ONLINE 0.00%
0 RA_32BIT 0 EC_UTIL 0.00%
0 RAILFAN 0 EC_SUPPORT 0.00%
0 RA_MULTI 0 ECHOMODS 0.00%
0 RA_SUPPORT 0 DR 0.00%
0 RA_UTIL 0 DOS_INTERNET 0.00%
12 RBERRYPI 0 DOS 0.00%
171 RECIPES 0 DOOM 0.00%
0 RENEGADE_BBS 0 DOGHOUSE 0.00%
0 RETAIL_HORROR 0 DEBATE 0.00%
0 RUSSIAN_TUTOR 0 DC_UNIVERSE 0.00%
0 SCANRADIO 0 DBRIDGE 0.00%
40 SHAREWARE_SUPP 0 CYBER-DANGER 0.00%
0 SPITFIRE 0 CROSSFIRE 0.00%
119 STATS 0 CREATIVE.LINUX 0.00%
0 SURVIVOR 0 CRAFT-BEADS 0.00%
0 SWL 0 CONTROVERSIAL 0.00%
116 SYNCDATA 0 CONSPRCY 0.00%
84 SYNCHRONET 0 COMM 0.00%
38 SYNC_SYSOPS 0 COFFEE_KLATSCH 0.00%
16 TAGLINES 0 CFORSALE 0.00%
0 TEAMOS2 0 CATS_MEOW 0.00%
0 TERMINAT 0 BINKLEY 0.00%
0 TG_SUPPORT 0 BBS-SCENE 0.00%
0 TORNADO.SUPPOR 0 BBS_INTERNET 0.00%
0 TREK 0 BBBS.ENGLISH 0.00%
0 TUB 0 BATPOWER 0.00%
0 TUXPOWER 0 BASH 0.00%
0 VADV 0 BAMA 0.00%
10 VIASOFT_SUPPOR 0 BABYLON5 0.00%
207 WEATHER 0 AUTOMOTIVE 0.00%
0 WHO 0 ARTWARE 0.00%
52 WILDCAT!_SUPPO 0 ARGUS 0.00%
0 WIN95 0 AQUARIUM 0.00%
0 WINDOWS 0 APPLE 0.00%
0 WX_TALK 0 ANTI_VIRUS 0.00%
0 XCODE 0 ANTIQUES 0.00%
0 X-FILES 0 AMIGA 0.00%
0 YAHOONEWS 0 ALLFIX_HELP 0.00%
0 Z1_BACKBONE 0 ALASKA_CHAT 0.00%
0 Z1C 0 AFTERSHOCK 0.00%
12 Z1DAILY 0 ADEPT_SYSOP 0.00%
0 Z1_ELECTION 0 ABLED 0.00%
0 Z1_ROUTING 0 AARP_FRAUD 0.00%
0 ZEC 0 10TH_AMD 0.00%
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IFDC FILEGATE FILE REPORT
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IFDC FileGate Weekly File Echo Report
By Janis Kracht, 1:261/38, janis@filegate.net
Last 7 day
Directory: /difflzh/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
--------- ---- -- ---- ----------------
NODEDIFF.L70 190927 1k 0 Fidonet Nodediff.270
Directory: /diffzip/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
--------- ---- -- ---- ----------------
NODEDIFF.Z70 190927 1k 1 Fidonet Nodediff.270
Directory: /earth/weather/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
--------- ---- -- ---- ----------------
aw190925.zip 190925 507k 0 AccuWeather US Daily Forcast Map
ww190925.zip 190925 436k 0 Global Weather Map
aw190926.zip 190926 508k 0 AccuWeather US Daily Forcast Map
ww190926.zip 190926 436k 0 Global Weather Map
ww190927.zip 190927 433k 0 Global Weather Maps
aw190927.zip 190927 512k 0 AccuWeather US Daily Forcast Map
ww190928.zip 190928 435k 0 Global Weather Maps
aw190928.zip 190928 508k 0 AccuWeather US Daily Forcast Map
aw190929.zip 190929 509k 0 AccuWeather US Daily Forcast Map
ww190929.zip 190929 434k 0 Global Weather Maps
aw190930.zip 190930 511k 0 AccuWeather US Daily Forcast Map
ww190930.zip 190930 437k 0 Global Weather Maps
aw191001.zip 191001 513k 0 AccuWeather US Daily Forcast Map
ww191001.zip 191001 440k 0 Global Weather Map
ww191002.zip 191002 443k 0 Global Weather Map
aw191002.zip 191002 513k 0 AccuWeather US Daily Forcast Map
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md190926.zip 190926 263k 0 MODIS Pic of the Day
md190927.zip 190927 323k 0 MODIS Pic of the Day
md190928.zip 190928 486k 0 MODIS Pic of the Day
md190929.zip 190929 246k 0 MODIS Pic of the Day
md190930.zip 190930 1k 0 MODIS Pic of the Day
md191001.zip 191001 490k 0 MODIS Pic of the Day
md191002.zip 191002 422k 0 MODIS Pic of the Day
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ep190926.zip 190926 504k 0 Earth Science Pic of the Day
ep190927.zip 190927 357k 0 Earth Science Pic of the Day
ep190928.zip 190928 490k 0 Earth Science Pic of the Day
ep190929.zip 190929 485k 0 Earth Science Pic of the Day
ep190930.zip 190930 470k 0 Earth Science Pic of the Day
ep191001.zip 191001 497k 0 Earth Science Pic of the Day
ep191002.zip 191002 461k 0 Earth Science Pic of the Day
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bmilwywp.zip 190928 415k 0 Blue Milky Way Galaxy
Directory: /dbridge/dbinfo/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
--------- ---- -- ---- ----------------
DBNET.ZIP 190926 3k 0 DBNET in Zone 201
USENET.ZIP 190926 607k 0 Available Usenet groups
Directory: /fidonews/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
--------- ---- -- ---- ----------------
FNEWTA39.ZIP 190929 12k 0 FIDONEWS 30 Sep 2019 V36 N39
Directory: /dailylist/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
--------- ---- -- ---- ----------------
Z1DAILY.Z68 190925 51k 0 Fidonet Daily Nodelist.268
Z1DAILY.Z69 190926 51k 0 Fidonet Daily Nodelist.269
Z1DAILY.Z70 190927 51k 0 Fidonet Daily Nodelist.270
Z1DAILY.Z71 190928 51k 0 Fidonet Daily Nodelist.271
Z1DAILY.Z72 190929 51k 0 Fidonet Daily Nodelist.272
Z1DAILY.Z73 190930 51k 0 Fidonet Daily Nodelist.273
Z1DAILY.Z74 191001 50k 0 Fidonet Daily Nodelist.274
Z1DAILY.Z75 191002 51k 0 Fidonet Daily Nodelist.275
Directory: /info/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
--------- ---- -- ---- ----------------
files.zip 191002 2215k 9 Current AllFILES at <<Prism
Directory: /ipfn/i-argus/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
--------- ---- -- ---- ----------------
i-argus.z70 190926 13k 0 Argus.270
Directory: /mysticbbs/mys_mod/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
--------- ---- -- ---- ----------------
ACD-PG14.ZIP 190929 1649k 0 Paging Module v1.4 Win/Linux
Directory: /nasafdn/nasa/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
--------- ---- -- ---- ----------------
ap190925.zip 190925 5762k 0 NASA Astronomy Pic of the Day
ap190926.zip 190926 638k 0 NASA Astronomy Pic of the Day
ap190927.zip 190927 4801k 0 NASA Astronomy Pic of the Day
ap190928.zip 190928 545k 0 NASA Astronomy Pic of the Day
ap190929.zip 190929 115k 0 NASA Astronomy Pic of the Day
ap190930.zip 190930 381k 0 NASA Astronomy Pic of the Day
ap191002.zip 191002 173k 0 NASA Astronomy Pic of the Day
Directory: /nodediff/*
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NODEDIFF.A70 190927 2k 1 Fidonet Nodediff.270
Directory: /nodelist/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
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NODELIST.Z70 190927 51k 1 Fidonet Nodelist.270
Directory: /oddball/infopack/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
--------- ---- -- ---- ----------------
sciinfo.zip 190926 5689k 0 sciinfo
sciibbs.zip 190926 5680k 0 sciibbs
AGORANET.ZIP 190930 24k 0 agoranet
Directory: /pascal-net/pasndiff/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
--------- ---- -- ---- ----------------
PASNDIFF.Z70 190927 1k 0 weekly PascalNt Nodediff
Directory: /pascal-net/paspoint/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
--------- ---- -- ---- ----------------
ppoint.z70 190927 8k 0 Pascal-Net Zone 115 Weekly New
PASPOINT.Z70 190927 8k 0 Weekly Pascal-Net PointList
Directory: /pascal-net/pasnlist/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
--------- ---- -- ---- ----------------
PASNLIST.Z70 190927 9k 0 Weekly PascalNt Nodelist
Directory: /pascal-net/pasnet/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
--------- ---- -- ---- ----------------
pasndlst.268 190925 31k 0 Daily PascalNt Nodelist
pasndlst.z68 190925 9k 0 PascalNt Daily nodelist
pasndlst.269 190926 31k 0 Daily PascalNt Nodelist
pasndlst.z69 190926 9k 0 PascalNt Daily nodelist
pasndlst.270 190927 31k 0 Daily PascalNt Nodelist
pasndlst.z70 190927 9k 0 PascalNt Daily nodelist
pasnlist.z70 190927 0k 0 PascalNt Daily nodelist
pasndlst.271 190928 31k 0 Daily PasNet Nodelist
pasndlst.z71 190928 9k 0 PascalNt Daily nodelist
pasndlst.z72 190929 9k 0 PascalNt Daily nodelist
pasndlst.272 190929 31k 0 Daily PasNet Nodelist
pasndlst.z73 190930 9k 0 PascalNt Daily nodelist
pasndlst.273 190930 31k 0 Daily PascalNt Nodelist
pasndlst.z74 191001 9k 0 PascalNt Daily nodelist
pasndlst.274 191001 31k 0 Daily PascalNt Nodelist
pasndlst.z75 191002 9k 0 PascalNt Daily nodelist
pasndlst.275 191002 31k 0 Daily PascalNt Nodelist
Directory: /r50/xofcfelst/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
--------- ---- -- ---- ----------------
N5020FEC.ZIP 190927 1k 0 N5020FEC information
Directory: /r50/xofchubslst/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
--------- ---- -- ---- ----------------
ECH00715.ZIP 191001 16k 0 description missing
ech01042.zip 191001 12k 0 Echos at 2:5020/1042
ECH00830.ZIP 191001 44k 0 Echos at 2:5020/830
Directory: /stn/stn_list/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
--------- ---- -- ---- ----------------
stndiff.z70 190927 1k 0 Weekly Sysop TechNet Nodediff
stnlist.z70 190927 14k 0 Weekly Sysop TechNet Nodelist
Directory: /stn/stn_olist/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
--------- ---- -- ---- ----------------
stndlist.z68 190925 14k 0 Sysop's TechNet Daily Nodelist
stndlist.z69 190926 14k 0 Sysop's TechNet Daily Nodelist
stndlist.z70 190927 14k 0 Sysop's TechNet Daily Nodelist
stnlist.z70 190927 0k 0 Sysop's TechNet Daily Nodelist
stndlist.z71 190928 14k 0 Sysop's TechNet Daily Nodelist
stndlist.z72 190929 14k 0 Sysop's TechNet Daily Nodelist
stndlist.z73 190930 14k 0 Sysop's TechNet Daily Nodelist
stndlist.z74 191001 14k 0 Sysop's TechNet Daily Nodelist
stn0919.zip 191001 1188k 0 The Sysop's TechNet InfoPack
stnL1019.zip 191001 1177k 0 The Sysop's TechNet InfoPack
stnFULL.zip 191001 1177k 0 The Sysop's TechNet InfoPack
stndlist.z75 191002 14k 0 Sysop's TechNet Daily Nodelist
Directory: /stn/stn_r6k/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
--------- ---- -- ---- ----------------
stn6000.270 190926 8k 0 STN Region 6000 Nodelist Seg
stn6000.z70 190926 3k 0 STN Region 6000 Nodelist
Directory: /stn/stn_r9k/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
--------- ---- -- ---- ----------------
stn9000.270 190926 5k 0 STN Region 9000 Nodelist Seg
stn9000.z70 190926 2k 0 STN Region 9000 Nodelist
Directory: /stn/stn_r8k/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
--------- ---- -- ---- ----------------
stn8000.270 190926 2k 0 STN Region 8000 Nodelist Seg
stn8000.z70 190926 1k 0 STN Region 8000 Nodelist
Directory: /stn/stn_r7k/*
File name Date kB Dlds File description
--------- ---- -- ---- ----------------
stn7000.z70 190926 1k 0 STN Region 7000 Nodelist
stn7000.270 190926 3k 0 STN Region 7000 Nodelist Segment
Total 113 files, 47 MB, 12 downloads, 4 hours.
New file list: http://www.filegate.net/info/nfiles.zip
All file list: http://www.filegate.net/info/files.zip
Files available for freq at 607-200-4076 via modem
or freq at filegate.net via binkp standard port.
Note: descriptions abbreviated for publication.
For full description, please see files.zip or nfiles.zip
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F I D O N E T S O F T W A R E L I S T
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FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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BBS Software List
Updated 2019-06-24
Maintained by Andrew Leary (1:320/219)
Editors Emeritus: Robert Couture, Janis Kracht,
Sean Dennis
M=Mailer T=Tosser B=BBS D=Door C=Comm/Terminal
P=Points E=Editor I=Internet U=Utility #=Info
F=TIC/SRIF Processor
*=Software is available and may be registerable,
but no longer supported or updated.
@=Website is operating but is no longer updated.
?=Software's updating/support status is unknown.
O=Software is open source.
This list contains BBS-related software that is available
for registration (not necessarily supported), open source
software and actively developed/supported software by its
author. Software listed may be available for DOS, Linux,
OS/2 (eComStation), Windows (16 or 32 bit) and OSX.
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|Software: Author |Type |URL, Contact, Ver, Notes Help Node|
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==> FRONT-END/INTERNET MAILERS
Argus |MI*? |http://www.ritlabs.com/en/products
| | /argus/
| | v3.210 on 2001-03-29
BinkleyTerm XE |MO* |http://btxe.sourceforge.net
| | 2.60XE Beta-XH7 on 2000-10-22
BinkD |MI? |http://binkd.grumbler.org
| | gul@gul.kiev.ua 2:463/68
| | v.1.0.4
| | v.1.1a-99 (alpha)
| | ftp://cvs.happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft
| | /mailer/binkd/
| |http://www.filegate.net/r50/aftnbinkd/
D'Bridge |MTCPE|http://www.dbridgemailer.com
|I | support@dbridgemailer.com 1:1/130
Nick Andre | | v3.99 SR 44 on 2019-06-16
FIDO-Deluxe IP |MPUI |http://www.datenbahn.dd-dns.de/
| | cdp/fp_deluxe/
| | v2.4 on 2003-09-26
FrontDoor, FD/APX: |MITPC|http://www.defsol.se 2:20/4609
Definite Solutions |E | sales@defsol.se
| | FD v2.33ml, FD/APX v1.15
InterMail |MCPE |http://www.Intermail.net 1:220/60
Dale Barnes | | dalebarnes42@majik.net
| | IM v2.60 on 2017-08-28
Husky Project |MTPUI|http://husky.sourceforge.net/
|EO? | v1.9 RC2 on 2010-04-20
Taurus |MI |http://www.fidotel.com/public/forums/
(based on Radius) |? | taurus/index.htm
| | v5.0 on 2006-06-12
| |
T-Mail |MI |http://www.tmail.spb.ru (Russian only)
|? | v2608 on 2001-12-12
AfterShock |MTEI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Asvcorp | | details?id=com.asvcorp.aftershock
Anatoly Vdovichev | | rudi.timmer@mail.ch 2:292/140
Rudi Timmermans | | v1.6.7 on 2017-11-19
HotDogEd |E |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Sergey Pushkin | | details?id=com.pushkin.hotdoged
| | v2.13.5 on 2017-03-13 2:5020/2141
HotDogEd FidoNet |MTI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Provider | | details?id=com.pushkin.hotdoged.fido
Sergey Pushkin | | v2.13.5 on 2017-03-13 2:5020/2141
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==> MAIL TOSSERS
Crashmail II |TO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/
| | crashmail.html
FastEcho |T |http://www.softeq.de/old/Products
| | /FastEcho/fastecho.html
| | v1.46.1 on 2007-11-13
| | Registration keys are free & available
| | by request from the author
Fidogate |TUI? |http://www.fidogate.org
| | v4.4.10 on 2004-08-27
| |
FMail |TO |https://sourceforge.net/projects/fmail/
| | v2.0.1.4 on 2017-04-21
InterEcho |T |http://www.Intermail.net 1:220/60
Dale Barnes | | dalebarnes42@majik.net
| | IE 1.20 on 2017-08-28
JetMail: JetSys |TU |
(ATARI ST only) | | v1.01 on 2000-01-01
Squish |T* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/
| | v1.11R2 on 2009-01-01
| | Source code available in Maximus BBS
| | archive: http://maximus.sourceforge.net
WWIVToss |T |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/
| | v1.51 on 2015-05-23
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==> BBS SOFTWARE
BBBS |BICTM|http://www.bbbs.net 2:22/222
| | b@bbbs.net
| | v4.01 on 2007-01-28
EleBBS |BO*? |http://www.elebbs.com
| | v0.10.RC1 on 2002-06-09
Enthral BBS |B |http://enthralbbs.com 1:250/501
Linux/BSD/OSX | | v0.429/Alpha on 2010-10-14
| | Fidonet filebone SCENEENT
Ezycom BBS |BT* |http://www.ezycom-bbs.com 3:690/682
| | v2.15g2 on 2009-11-16
GT Power |B |http://www.gtpowerbbs.com/
| | v19.00
Hermes II Project |BT |http://www.hermesbbs.com/
Macintosh-based | | malyn@strangegizmo.com
| | v3.5.10b3
Maximus BBS |BO* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/
| | v3.03
| | Source code available at:
| | http://maximus.sourceforge.net/
MBSE BBS |BMTFI|https://sourceforge.net 1:320/219
|PO | /projects/mbsebbs
| | ajleary@sourceforge.net
| | v1.0.7.12 on 2019-03-15
Meltdown BBS |UIO |http://meltdown-bbs.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.0b on 2004-04-26
Mystic BBS |BMTCE|http://www.mysticbbs.com
|IO | v1.12 A43 on 2019-02-01
NiKom BBS (Amiga) |BO |http://www.nikom.org
| | v2.3.1 on 2017-07-01
RemoteAccess BBS |B? |http://www.rapro.com 1:1/120
| | bfmorse@rapro.com
| | v2.62.2SW
Renegade BBS |B |http://renegadebbs.info 1:129/305
| | v1.10/DOS on 2009-10-03
Spitfire BBS |B? |http://www.buffalocrk.com/
| | mdwoltz@buffalocrk.com
| | v3.7 on 2010-01-01
Synchronet BBS |BMTIO|http://www.synchro.net 1:103/705
| | v3.17b on 2019-01-01
Telegard BBS |B* |
| | v3.09g2-sp4/mL on 1999-12-19
WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com
Net Server, Platinum| | sales@santronics.com
Xpress: Santronics | |
Software, Inc. | | v7.0 AUP 454.5 on 2016-06-23
WWIV BBS |B |http://www.wwivbbs.org
| | v5.00 on 2015-12-14
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==> TIC PROCESSORS/FILEFIX/SRIF
Allfix |FIUT |http://www.allfix.com/ 1:140/12
Bob Seaborn | | v6.0.22 on 2011-01-26
NEF/pk |F |http://nefpk.8m.com/
| | v2.45b2 on 2000-03-05
TinyTIC |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /tinytic.html
| | 1:120/544
VIReq |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /vireq.html
| | 1:120/544
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==> BBS DOORS/UTILITIES
Cheepware |DU |http://outpostbbs.net/cheepware.html
Sean Dennis | | sysop@outpostbbs.net 1:18/200
| | Fidonet filebone CH-WARE
DDS (Doorware |D@ |http://www.doorgames.org
Distribution System)| | ruth@doorgames.org
Ruth Argust | |
Jibben Software |D* |http://www.jibbensoftware.com/
| | bbs-door-games.cfm
| | scott@jibben.com
| | 1995-99 Release dates
John Dailey Software |DU |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com
Shining Star |D* |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/
| | nannette@shiningstar.net
| | Doors are registerable via website
Sunrise Doors: |D |http://www.sunrisedoors.com
Al Lawrence | | al@sunrisedoors.com
| | Tel: (404) 256-9518
T1ny's Software |DU |http://www.tinysbbs.com/files/tsoft/
Shawn Highfield | | shighfield@gmail.com 1:229/452
| | Fidonet filebone CH-WARE
The Brainex System |D |http://www.brainex.com/brainex_system/
| | stanley@brainex.com
| | 1994-99 Releases
Trade Wars |D* |http://www.eisonline.com/tradewars/
| | jpritch@eisonline.com
| | v3.09 (DOS-32) in 2002
Vagabond Software |DU* |http://vbsoft.dhakota.org
| | d@dhakota.org
| | Last update: 2008-04-11
WWIVEdit |DE |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/
| | v3.0 on 2011-06-27
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==> POINT SOFTWARE
CrossPoint (XP) |P? |http://www.crosspoint.de (German only)
| | pm@crosspoint.de
| | v3.12d on 1999-12-22
FreeXP |P |http://www.freexp.de (German only)
| | support@freexp.de
| | v3.42 on 2010-06-27
FidoIP |PO |http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki
| | /fidoip/
| | v.1.0.5 on 2010-12
OpenXP |PIO |https://sourceforge.net/projects
| | /openxp5/ 2:240/2188.31
| |http://openxp.uk Windows/Linux
| | dev@openxp.uk English/German
| | v5.0.28 on 2016-09-10
WinPoint |P? |http://www.winpoint.org
| | English/German/Spanish
| | v5 (Beta Release) on 2017-03-17
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==> SYSOP MAIL EDITORS
GoldEd+ |EO |http://golded-plus.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.1.5 (Snapshot) on 2015-11-30
| | NOTE: Unstable versions released often
SqEd32 |E |http://www.sqed.de 2:2476/493
| | v1.15 on 1999-12-15
| | Website is in German and English
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==> INTERNET UTILITIES
Ifmail |UIO |http://ifmail.sourceforge.net
| | crosser@average.org
Internet Rex |UI? |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/
| | telnet://xanadubbs.ca 1:342/806
| | v2.29 on 2001-10-21
JamNNTPd |UIO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /jamnntpd.html
| | 1:120/544
Luckygate |UO | ftp://happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft/gate
| | /lgate
| | gul@gul.kiev.ua
MakeNL |UO |http://makenl.sourceforge.net
| | v3.5.0 on 2019-05-06
RNtrack |U |http://sourceforge.net/projects
| | /ftrack-as 2:5080/102
| |stas_degteff@users.sourceforge.net
| | v1.32 on 2011-04-29
TransNet |UIO? |http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mressl/
| | transnet/index.html
| | transnet@ressl.com.ar
| | v2.11 on 2007-09-13
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==> INFORMATIONAL WEBSITES/BBS LISTS
Telnet/Dialup BBS |# |http://www.telnetbbsguide.com 1:275/89
Guide | | Maintained by Dave Perrussel
| | This is probably the most updated BBS
| | list on the Internet for a general
| | BBS list.
Synchronet BBS List |# |http://www.synchro.net/sbbslist.html
| | Maintained automatically
| | This list is specifically for
| | Synchronet-based BBS systems and is
| | automatically updated nightly.
The BBS Corner |# |http://www.bbscorner.com
| | This website is more than just files,
| | it's an encyclopedia of knowledge for
| | BBS sysops and people who want to
| | become sysops. This site is run by
| | the same person who does the Telnet
| | BBS Guide.
BBS Nexus |# |https://bbsnexus.com
| | This website offers a searchable list
| | of Telnet BBS's.
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File Archives:
http://archives.thebbs.org
http://sysopscorner.thebbs.org (site is no longer maintained)
http://www.simtel.net
http://www.bbsfiles.com
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu (OS/2 specific)
http://www.filegate.net/ (FTP access via port 60721)
http://www.tinysbbs.com/files/
Note: Most also provide FTP access (use ftp instead of http above)
The BBS Software List is published weekly in the FidoNews.
If you have corrections, suggestions or additions to the information
above, please contact Andrew Leary with your information via the
FIDONEWS echo or netmail at 1:320/219.
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Send updates, changes to address above or
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System.......BlackICE BBS
FidoAddress..2:240/8001
Software.....Mystic
OS...........Win 7 Ultimate 32Bit
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First call access to doors, files, and message
reading. Also access to the Newscenter with
News, Weatherupdates, Twitter-access and many more.
Message posting and downloads requires sysop
validation.
Fido write-access only with realname.
Telnet.......blackice.bbsindex.com
Telnet/SSH...blackice.bbsindex.com:22
FTP..........Available for all BBS-Members
NNTP.........Available for all BBS-Members (Fido readonly)
WWW..........www.blackicebbs.de.vu
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System.......Capitol City Online
FidoAddress..1:2320/105
Phone........502-875-8938
Software.....GT Power
OS...........OS/2
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First Call access to most of BBS upon finishing
new user questionnaire
Telnet.......capcity2.synchro.net
telnet access to GT Power BBS - same as dial-up
www:.........http://capcity2.synchro.net
Notes:.......This site runs Synchronet under linux. Requires
separate user registration. Has same message
areas as dial-up/telnet bbs.
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System.......Castle Rock BBS
FidoAddress..1:317/3
Software.....Mystic BBS
OS...........Linux
Access.......Access granted with use of Auto-Verifier. Users
must supply REAL name in order to access Fido
message group.
Telnet.......bbs.castlerockbbs.com
Notes........Almost 2500 message areas, with over 1 million messages
online. Multiple file networks, with many new files coming
in daily. Large assortment of classic software available.
Many door games, both local and InterBBS available. Testing
site for Galactic Dynasty and Legion RPG door games.
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System.......Christian Fellowship
FidoAddress..1:266/512
Phone........1-856-933-7096
Software.....PCBoard 15.3
OS...........Windows XP pro
C/B Verify...Manually via email or voice
usually within 24 hours.
Access.......Read only until verified. Once
verified write access to Msg bases, file
areas, chat and doors/games.
Telnet.......cfbbs.no-ip.com
Available on port 23 or port 26
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System.......Doc's Place BBS Online
FidoAddress..1:123/140
Software.....Wildcat 5.42
OS...........Windows 7 pro
Access.......Read only until sysop verified.
Telnet/Web:..http://www.docsplace.org/
http: .......bbs.docsplace.org
telnet: .....bbs.docsplace.org:26
ftp: ........bbs.docsplace.org:21
Notes .......Instant access
QWK via web browser**
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System.......Cyberia BBS
FidoAddress..1:106/324
Software.....Mystic v1.12
OS...........Ubuntu 16.04
C/B Verify...N/A
Access.......Full Access on First Call.
Aliases allowed, Real Name required for
Fidonet Access
Telnet.......cyberiabbs.zapto.org
FTP..........cyberiabbs.zapto.org
WWW..........cyberiabbs.zapto.org
Notes........HQ and support for Gryphon's Mystic MPL Mods.
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System.......Laser BBS
FidoAddress..2:250/5
Software.....MBSE v1.0.x
OS...........Debian 8 Jessie
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First call access to doors, files, and message
reading
Telnet.......mbse.laserbbs.co.uk:2323
SSH..........no
WWW..........mbse.laserbbs.co.uk
FTP..........no
FREQ.........BinkP or ifcico
Notes........FidoNet, FSXNet, LinuxNet, SportNet, FMLYNet,
VKRADIO
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System.......Lightning BBS
FidoAddress..1:311/2
Software.....Virtual Advanced
OS...........Windows XP
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First call access to doors, files and
message reading. Message posting requires
validation.
Telnet.......lightningbbs.com
www:.........http:/www.lightningbbs.com/index.php
Thanks to VADV-PHP you can access almost
everything the BBS has to offer from the
web, with the exception of door games.
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System.......Omicron Theta
FIDOAddress..1:116/18
Software.....Wildcat! 7.0
OS...........Windows Server 2008 Standard
C/B Verify...None
Access.......Full access first call.
Telnet.......winserver.us
WWW..........winserver.us
Notes........Fido host for WILDCAT!_SUPPORT and JAZZ echomail
areas.
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System.......Orbit BBS
FidoAddress..1:123/400
Software.....Mystic
OS...........Linux/Ubuntu
Access:..... First call LOCAL access only. Request upgrade
for all nets. Real name required for Fido.
Telnet.......orbitbbs.ddns.net:7210
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System.......<<Prism BBS
FidoAddress..1:261/38
Phone........607-200-4076
Software.....BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-3
OS...........Linux (Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS)
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First Call access to Msg bases,
file areas, all features of the BBS.
Telnet.......filegate.net:2030
telnet access offers full features
of the standard bbs such as doors,
qwkmail, BWmail,Files, chat, group chat,
upload/download messages, download URLs,
ftp access to other sites by request.
www:.........http://www.filegate.net:8090/bbbs
or
http://www.filegate.net/ for files only.
FREQ: filegate.net:24554 (binkD server)
or from 1:261/38 (BBBS server)
filegate.net:24555
Notes .......web interface is limited to reading messages
and replying online, or downloading messages
in qwk packets, file download access.
Home of IFDC FileGate Project, PDN, Util*Net,
Win_FDN. Note the change to the www port.
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System.......Roach Guts BBS
FidoAddress..1:396/60
Software.....Mystic BBS 1.10 A38
OS...........Debian 6.0 32-bit
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First call access to doors, files and
message reading. Message posting requires
validation.
Telnet.......kingcoder.net
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System.......Shenk's Express
FidoAddress..1:275/100
Phone........757-233-9860
Software.....SBBS
OS...........WIN XP
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First Call access
Telnet.......shenks.synchro.net
Notes........This site is the coordinator for Battlenet, a
large BRE league with 7 BRE games. Also
hosting 2 FE league games.
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System.......Stepping Stone BBS
FidoAddress..1:298/25
Software.....Synchronet
OS...........Linux/Ubuntu
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First call access to doors, files, and message
reading. HQ of Whisper-Echo-Net and Legion!
Telnet.......vintagebbsing.com:23
FTP..........vintagebbsing.com:21
WWW..........vintagebbsing.com:81
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System.......The Thunderbolt BBS
FidoAddress..1:19/33
Software.....Synchronet
OS...........Windows 7 Professional
C/B Verify...New User Feedback on where users heard about the
bbs, and what users are looking for, plus enter
a code that will be emailed to the user.
what they're looking for in it.
Access.......Limited Downloads, Message Areas and Doorgames
until after New User Data is reviewed. Once
upgraded, full privileges. Ham Radio Operators
and Visiting Sysops are eligible for additional
access level upgrades, with proof of an amateur
radio license, or of data for their BBS.
Telnet.......tbolt.synchro.net
WWW..........tbolt.synchro.net
Notes:.......The BBS is offline whenever thunderstorms threaten,
or are in the central Arkansas area.
Contact The Sysop via the FEEBACK link at the
Matrix Logon. Leave full name and email, if a reply
is desired.
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System.......Time Warp of the Future BBS
FidoAddress..1:340/400
Phone........none
Software.....sbbs 3.17a (very beta)
OS...........win. 7 sp1
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First Call access to Msg bases, and file areas.
Telnet.......time.synchro.net:24 or time.darktech.org:24
telnet access offers full features
of the standard bbs such as doors,
messages or file area etc.
www:.........http://time.synchro.net:81
Notes........Web interface is limited really to reading messages
and replying online, or downloading messages in qwk
packets, but not uploading them, and file download
access. SBBS files available.
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System.......War Ensemble BBS
FidoAddress..1:154/30
Software.....Synchronet
OS...........Linux (CentOS 7 and Gentoo)
C/B Verify...None
Access.......Full access on your first call. Doors, Messages,
Files, everything. Please don't abuse it!
Telnet.......warensemble.com
SSH..........warensemble.com
Dial-up......920.840.6311
FTP..........Full anonymous download access! No limits!
NNTP.........Full access for all members
Gopher.......Full access for all members (not that anyone
has a gopher client now days)
WWW..........http://www.warensemble.com
message reading/posting available via the web!
About........War Ensemble has been around in one form or another
since 1993. There are loads of door games online,
hundreds of thousands of files, and hundreds of
message areas. The sysop is more than happy to
answer any questions, or add anything you would
like to see! Come check us out!
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More Information about the FidoGazette:
Fidogazette is published by Janis Kracht, Editor.
If you have an idea for a column or a series of articles, please
contact me :)
Subscriptions: Mailing-List subscriptions via
http://www.filegate.net/sub.html
Or you can always link into your uplink and use Tick or a tick
compatible program.
Where to Send Your Articles
Unlike most editors, I surely do not mind running my mouth when
there is a sparsity of articles for the 'zine. I'd MUCH rather
you sent in material... lacking that, I will fill these issues
with my meanderings and thoughts and hopefully we will grow into
something of consequence here :) Write an article!
If you WOULD like to submit an article, feel free to drop your
article off at:
Email attach to address: janis @ filegate.net
Fidonet attach:
Janis Kracht at 1:261/38
Modem: 607-200-4076
Binkp: 1:261/100 filegate.net port 24555
telnet mailer: filegate.net
If you are using routed Fidonet mail, don't send articles as
routed attaches. They may fail somewhere along the path before
getting here. Send them instead in the body of your routed
netmail to janis@filegate.net
Give it a title, sign your name and network address if you have
one or your email address and send it along!
Don't worry about the format, I can take anything you send me
and mutilate it further as you can see above. Linux is nice
that way (g). Spell checking your own work will help though
(something I'm typically guilty of (g)).
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Location of Earlier Issues on the Web:
You can read single past issues here:
http://www.filegate.net/fidogaz/fidogaz.htm This link
includes all issues from Volume 1 Number 1, Sept. 30th 2007,
through the present.
You can download archived earlier issues here:
http://www.filegate.net/fidogazette/
Again, all issues from Volume 1 Number 1 through the present
are here.
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