Hello everybody!

On my Synchronet/Linux system, when I run the cfg It trys to run a new installation and not my current setup. Why would this happen? All my ini's in /crtl are intact. Is there something I can to to repair this?

Thanks,
RickV


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Hey RickV!

On Sat, Aug 23 2025 09:54:32 -0500, you wrote:

On my Synchronet/Linux system, when I run the cfg It trys to run a
new installation and not my current setup. Why would this happen? All
my ini's in /crtl are intact. Is there something I can to to repair
this?

Sounds like when you try to run 'scfg' it doesn't know where to look for those .ini files.

Try 'export SBBSCTRL=/path/to/sbbs/ctrl' before you run 'scfg'.

See https://wiki.synchro.net/config:env for how to set it properly so you don't have to manually type it every time.

Regards,
Nick

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Hello Accession!

28 Feb 71 14:28, you wrote to me:

Hey RickV!

On Sat, Aug 23 2025 09:54:32 -0500, you wrote:

On my Synchronet/Linux system, when I run the cfg It trys to run a
new installation and not my current setup. Why would this happen?
All my ini's in /crtl are intact. Is there something I can to to
repair this?

Sounds like when you try to run 'scfg' it doesn't know where to look
for those .ini files.

Try 'export SBBSCTRL=/path/to/sbbs/ctrl' before you run 'scfg'.

See https://wiki.synchro.net/config:env for how to set it properly so
you don't have to manually type it every time.

I have it set, but went back and set it again, run scfg and the same "New Installation", so I have a problem, just not sure why? BEEN fine for months now.. but?

Thanks,
RickV


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Re: Why New Install
By: RickV to Accession on Sat Aug 23 2025 02:40 pm

Hello Accession!

28 Feb 71 14:28, you wrote to me:

Hey RickV!

On Sat, Aug 23 2025 09:54:32 -0500, you wrote:

On my Synchronet/Linux system, when I run the cfg It trys to run a
new installation and not my current setup. Why would this happen?
All my ini's in /crtl are intact. Is there something I can to to
repair this?

Sounds like when you try to run 'scfg' it doesn't know where to look for those .ini files.

Try 'export SBBSCTRL=/path/to/sbbs/ctrl' before you run 'scfg'.

See https://wiki.synchro.net/config:env for how to set it properly so you don't have to manually type it every time.

I have it set, but went back and set it again, run scfg and the same "New Installation", so I have a problem, just not sure why? BEEN fine for months now.. but?

Are you configuration settings in tact (name of your BBS, etc.)? If so, then you're good to go. Just complete the config wizard and the "new install" flag will be turned off automatically.

Didn't you migrate computers or OSes or something recently? It seems you've had a lot of problems since you did that and this is just one of them.
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Hello Digital!

28 Feb 71 17:32, you wrote to me:

Re: Why New Install
By: RickV to Accession on Sat Aug 23 2025 02:40 pm

Hello Accession!

28 Feb 71 14:28, you wrote to me:

Hey RickV!

On Sat, Aug 23 2025 09:54:32 -0500, you wrote:

On my Synchronet/Linux system, when I run the cfg It trys to

run a

new installation and not my current setup. Why would this

happen?

All my ini's in /crtl are intact. Is there something I can to

to

repair this?

Sounds like when you try to run 'scfg' it doesn't know where

to look

for those .ini files.

Try 'export SBBSCTRL=/path/to/sbbs/ctrl' before you run

'scfg'.

See https://wiki.synchro.net/config:env for how to set it

properly so

you don't have to manually type it every time.

I have it set, but went back and set it again, run scfg and the
same "New Installation", so I have a problem, just not sure why?
BEEN fine for months now.. but?

Are you configuration settings in tact (name of your BBS, etc.)? If
so, then you're good to go. Just complete the config wizard and the
"new install" flag will be turned off automatically.

Didn't you migrate computers or OSes or something recently? It seems you've had a lot of problems since you did that and this is just one
of them.
--

They all looked good. I did migrate a few months ago, but it was working normal up till today. I can't think of what I might have done, but I'm sure it must have been something I did. I did recover it back, I do a back up every night so I did a recovery of that VM and it work fine after that.

Thanks,
RickV


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Re: Why New Install
By: RickV to Digital Man on Sat Aug 23 2025 08:25 pm

They all looked good. I did migrate a few months ago, but it was working normal up till today. I can't think of what I might have done, but I'm sure it must have been something I did. I did recover it back, I do a back up every night so I did a recovery of that VM and it work fine after that.

If you complete the configuration wizard and save changes in SCFG, the "new_install" flag is cleared (set to false) automatically):

In a fresh/new install, it's set to "true":

$ grep -i new ../../../ctrl/main.ini
new_install=true

But just running "scfg" one time and saving changes, sets it to false.
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