From: vk3jed@FREEWAY.remove-crg-this

Hi everyone, especially DM. Been trying to debug Heliarc's QWKnet FTP sessions with my system, and this is a bit roundabout, but here we go.

When he attempts a session with my BBS, something goes wrong. I'm still trying to get a complete picture from his end.

Firstly, here's my log at the server end of a qnet-ftp session:

Mar 14 12:41:57 lemaker synchronet: ftp 0083 CTRL connection accepted from: 45.56.88.52 port 59047
Mar 14 12:41:57 lemaker synchronet: ftp 0083 Hostname: havens.synchronetbbs.org
Mar 14 12:41:58 lemaker synchronet: ftp 0083 Havens logged in (3 today, 26 total)
Mar 14 12:42:00 lemaker synchronet: ftp 0083 Havens creating QWK packet...
Mar 14 12:42:00 lemaker synchronet: ftp 0083 Havens creating QWK packet...
Mar 14 12:52:01 lemaker synchronet: ftp 0083 !TIMEOUT waiting for QWK packet creation
Mar 14 12:52:01 lemaker synchronet: ftp 0083 Havens logged off
Mar 14 12:52:01 lemaker synchronet: ftp 0083 CTRL thread terminated (0 clients and 1 threads remain, 454 served)

Hmm, seems my end is struggling to create his QWK packet for some reason...

And here's the logs from the remote system.

3/14 01:40:57 evnt Semaphore signaled for QWK Network Hub: FREEWAY
3/14 01:40:57 evnt Creating /sbbs/data/FREEWAY.REP
3/14 01:41:27 evnt QNET !ERROR 13 (Permission denied) in getmsg.cpp line 439 (getlastmsg) opening "/sbbs/data/subs/retronetrtncommo" access=-205 info=smb_open_fp timeout opening /sbbs/data/subs/retronetrtncommo.shd (retry_time=30)
3/14 01:41:27 evnt Retro-Net Commodore Computer
New: 0 of 0
3/14 01:41:57 evnt QNET !ERROR 13 (Permission denied) in getmsg.cpp line 439 (getlastmsg) opening "/sbbs/data/subs/retronetrtnamiga" access=-205 info=smb_open_fp timeout opening /sbbs/data/subs/retronetrtnamiga.shd (retry_time=30)
3/14 01:41:57 evnt Retro-Net Amiga Computers
New: 0 of 0
3/14 01:41:57 evnt No new messages.
3/14 01:41:57 evnt QWK Network call-out: FREEWAY
3/14 01:41:57 evnt QNET-FTP: FREEWAY freeway.vkradio.com ********
3/14 01:41:57 evnt QNET-FTP: Connecting to freeway.vkradio.com:21 ...
3/14 01:41:57 evnt QNET-FTP: Connected to freeway.vkradio.com
3/14 01:41:57 evnt QNET-FTP: Logging in as 'HAVENS' (PW: '********')
3/14 01:41:59 evnt QNET-FTP: Logged in successfully
3/14 01:41:59 evnt QNET-FTP: Downloading QWK Packet: FREEWAY.qwk
3/14 01:47:00 evnt QNET !ftp_cmd: TIMEOUT_FTP_RESPONSE (300) exceeded
3/14 01:47:00 evnt QNET-FTP: FREEWAY.qwk NOT downloaded socket_error=0 (no new messages?)

Terminal Server thread still running
Terminal Server thread still running
Terminal Server thread still running
Terminal Server thread still running
Terminal Server thread still running
Terminal Server thread still running


Putting the logs together, I conclude for some reason, my end isn't generating the QWK packet in time.

I'll investigate this further.

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From: marisag@AMIGAC.remove-mqi-this

To: Vk3jed
Re: Havens BBS errors
By: Vk3jed to All on Thu Mar 14 2019 13:04:38

I checked and he had some permission errors where it was owned by him and not the SBBS owner. I chmown'd the /sbbs tree so see if it is working for him now...

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From: electrosys@DIGIAQUA.remove-jmo-this

To: Vk3jed
Re: Havens BBS errors
By: Vk3jed to All on Thu Mar 14 2019 01:04 pm

3/14 01:41:57 evnt QNET !ERROR 13 (Permission denied) in getmsg.cpp line 439 (getlastmsg) opening "/sbbs/data/subs/retronetrtnamiga" access=-205 info=smb_open_fp timeout opening /sbbs/data/subs/retronetrtnamiga.shd (retry_time=30)

I'm not very familar with QNET stuff yet, but generaly an error like the one I pasted above which has a "Permission denied" on the remote system maybe be the cause?

Electrosys

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From: digital.man@vert.synchro.net.remove-s53-this

To: Vk3jed
Re: Havens BBS errors
By: Vk3jed to All on Thu Mar 14 2019 01:04 pm

Hi everyone, especially DM. Been trying to debug Heliarc's QWKnet FTP sessions with my system, and this is a bit roundabout, but here we go.

When he attempts a session with my BBS, something goes wrong. I'm still trying to get a complete picture from his end.

Firstly, here's my log at the server end of a qnet-ftp session:

Mar 14 12:41:57 lemaker synchronet: ftp 0083 CTRL connection accepted from: 45.56.88.52 port 59047
Mar 14 12:41:57 lemaker synchronet: ftp 0083 Hostname: havens.synchronetbbs.org
Mar 14 12:41:58 lemaker synchronet: ftp 0083 Havens logged in (3 today, 26 total)
Mar 14 12:42:00 lemaker synchronet: ftp 0083 Havens creating QWK packet... Mar 14 12:42:00 lemaker synchronet: ftp 0083 Havens creating QWK packet... Mar 14 12:52:01 lemaker synchronet: ftp 0083 !TIMEOUT waiting for QWK packet creation
Mar 14 12:52:01 lemaker synchronet: ftp 0083 Havens logged off
Mar 14 12:52:01 lemaker synchronet: ftp 0083 CTRL thread terminated (0 clients and 1 threads remain, 454 served)

Hmm, seems my end is struggling to create his QWK packet for some reason...

What's the event thread doing during this? The event thread is responsible for creating QWK packets, but I don't see anything in your log from it.

And here's the logs from the remote system.

3/14 01:40:57 evnt Semaphore signaled for QWK Network Hub: FREEWAY
3/14 01:40:57 evnt Creating /sbbs/data/FREEWAY.REP
3/14 01:41:27 evnt QNET !ERROR 13 (Permission denied) in getmsg.cpp line 439 (getlastmsg) opening "/sbbs/data/subs/retronetrtncommo" access=-205 info=smb_open_fp timeout opening /sbbs/data/subs/retronetrtncommo.shd (retry_time=30)

I'm not clear what you mean by "the remote system" - your system? Anyway, whatever system is "Creating FREEWAY.REP" clearly has permissions issues. They need to check/fix the perms on /sbbs/data/subs/restronet*

Putting the logs together, I conclude for some reason, my end isn't generating the QWK packet in time.

I'll investigate this further.

Looks like there's issues on both ends.

digital man

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From: tony.langdon@3:633/410.remove-mqi-this

To: Digital Man

On 03-14-19 01:18, Digital Man wrote to Vk3jed <=-

What's the event thread doing during this? The event thread is
responsible for creating QWK packets, but I don't see anything in your
log from it.

I later noticed other issues, like this message wasn't getting sent out, and ended up restarting SBBS. Perhas the event thread got stuck somehow?

And here's the logs from the remote system.

3/14 01:40:57 evnt Semaphore signaled for QWK Network Hub: FREEWAY
3/14 01:40:57 evnt Creating /sbbs/data/FREEWAY.REP
3/14 01:41:27 evnt QNET !ERROR 13 (Permission denied) in getmsg.cpp line 439 (getlastmsg) opening "/sbbs/data/subs/retronetrtncommo" access=-205 info=smb_open_fp timeout opening /sbbs/data/subs/retronetrtncommo.shd (retry_time=30)

I'm not clear what you mean by "the remote system" - your system?
Anyway, whatever system is "Creating FREEWAY.REP" clearly has
permissions issues. They need to check/fix the perms on /sbbs/data/subs/restronet*

Remote - the QWK client that polls my system.

Putting the logs together, I conclude for some reason, my end isn't generating the QWK packet in time.

I'll investigate this further.

Looks like there's issues on both ends.

I concur. Anyway, now that my QWK mail is flowing, it's worth Heliarc trying again. :)


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From: tony.langdon@3:633/410.remove-1000-this

To: Marisag

On 03-14-19 04:05, Marisag wrote to Vk3jed <=-

Re: Havens BBS errors
By: Vk3jed to All on Thu Mar 14 2019 13:04:38

I checked and he had some permission errors where it was owned by him
and not the SBBS owner. I chmown'd the /sbbs tree so see if it is
working for him now...

Between that and the restart I did on my system (something was also holding up outgoing QWK sessions from here to Vert, though couldn't see it in the logs), hopefully everything will work.

Thanks for helping out. I was trying to get him to check those things.


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