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    From RickV@VERT to All on Thu Sep 4 10:19:59 2025
    Hello everybody!

    After reviewing the wiki on migrating Synchronet, I removed and did a fresh install on my Linux Mint VM. After the install I set it up slightly with scfg. I then copied my data, ctrl, node*, text, mods,and xtrn directories. After that when I ran scfg again, nothing was updated, everything was the way it was before I copied the directories. Am I missing something, why is Synchronet not reading the newer files?

    Thanks,
    RickV


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  • From Nightfox to RickV on Thu Sep 4 12:24:29 2025
    Re: Migrate question
    By: RickV to All on Thu Sep 04 2025 10:19 am

    After reviewing the wiki on migrating Synchronet, I removed and did a fresh install on my Linux Mint VM. After the install I set it up slightly with scfg. I then copied my data, ctrl, node*, text, mods,and xtrn directories. After that when I ran scfg again, nothing was updated, everything was the way it was before I copied the directories. Am I missing something, why is Synchronet not reading the newer files?

    What do you mean about setting it up "slightly"?
    I migrated my Synchronet BBS from Windows to Linux a few years ago (also with Linux Mint), and I actually found it fairly smooth. I didn't do any pre-setup with SCFG; I simply copied my Synchronet directory tree over to my Linux setup. I made sure I set the needed environment variables (I set SBBSROOT, SBBSCTRL, and SBBSEXEC), and Synchronet was able to find its configuration & everything. In SCFG, I just had to change the command lines for the doors & such (for instance, not running .bat files & such), changed paths to ensure they were correct, etc.

    Nightfox
  • From RickV@VERT to Nightfox on Thu Sep 4 20:38:54 2025
    Hello Nightfox!

    20 Mar 71 08:29, you wrote to me:

    Re: Migrate question
    By: RickV to All on Thu Sep 04 2025 10:19 am

    After reviewing the wiki on migrating Synchronet, I removed and
    did a fresh install on my Linux Mint VM. After the install I set
    it up slightly with scfg. I then copied my data, ctrl, node*,
    text, mods,and xtrn directories. After that when I ran scfg
    again, nothing was updated, everything was the way it was before
    I copied the directories. Am I missing something, why is
    Synchronet not reading the newer files?

    What do you mean about setting it up "slightly"?
    I migrated my Synchronet BBS from Windows to Linux a few years ago
    (also with Linux Mint), and I actually found it fairly smooth. I
    didn't do any pre-setup with SCFG; I simply copied my Synchronet
    directory tree over to my Linux setup. I made sure I set the needed environment variables (I set SBBSROOT, SBBSCTRL, and SBBSEXEC), and Synchronet was able to find its configuration & everything. In SCFG, I just had to change the command lines for the doors & such (for
    instance, not running .bat files & such), changed paths to ensure they were correct, etc.

    Nightfox

    Did you already have a install of SBBS on your Linux? If you did, did you just copy your Windows SBBS directory over to and on top of the Linux setup?

    Thanks,
    RickV


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