OK, so base don advice I have run chksetup.js and it is report that every user has a disallowed name (including me!)

Also, it has a password gripe for every single user as well, either length, no password set (how is that even possible), or a disallowed password.

I think both of these check may be picking up users that are not actually in the userfile anymore and may have been purged.

Also getting these errors and could use a hand in figuring out how to fix them:

Invoking: check_bbs_list
!!BBS NOT FOUND: hAx0rs palace
Invoking: check_syncdata
!SYNCDATA sub-board could not be found in message area configuration
Invoking: check_imsg_list
!hAx0rs palace is not listed in C:\sbbs\ctrl\sbbsimsg.lst
...
Invoking: check_sockopts_ini
!C:\sbbs\ctrl\sockopts.ini has SNDBUF set
!C:\sbbs\ctrl\sockopts.ini has RCVBUF set

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Re: chksetup.js output
By: hax0r to All on Fri Apr 24 2026 07:42 pm

OK, so base don advice I have run chksetup.js and it is report that every user has a disallowed name (including me!)

Wow. Are new users having any issues registering? What's in your text/name.can file?

Also, it has a password gripe for every single user as well, either length, no password set (how is that even possible), or a disallowed password.

Similarlly, what's in your text/password.can file? The stock password.can file is pretty massive, but it doesn't contain any wildcards. Check the userbase to see if the user has a password or not - if they don't have a password, that definitely raises the question: when and how was the account created to begin? It is possible for the sysop to create user accounts with no password (e.g. the "Guest" account), but generally not possible for remote users to do so. As for the password length, it's possible your current minimum password length configured in SCFG->System->Security is longer than what used to be the hard-coded minimum password length (4, I think it was).

I think both of these check may be picking up users that are not actually in the userfile anymore and may have been purged.

That would be weird. Have you checked?

Also getting these errors and could use a hand in figuring out how to fix them:

Invoking: check_bbs_list
!!BBS NOT FOUND: hAx0rs palace

Looks like your BBS is spelled differently in the distributed Synchronet BBS list (data/sbbslist.json):
"name": "haxorz palace"

Invoking: check_syncdata
!SYNCDATA sub-board could not be found in message area configuration

What's the name or internal code of your DOVE-Net SYNCDATA echo?

Invoking: check_imsg_list
!hAx0rs palace is not listed in C:\sbbs\ctrl\sbbsimsg.lst

If you're not in the SBBS List (correctly) you can't be in the instant message list either.

...
Invoking: check_sockopts_ini
!C:\sbbs\ctrl\sockopts.ini has SNDBUF set
!C:\sbbs\ctrl\sockopts.ini has RCVBUF set

Just remove those - it's better to not set them to explicit values unless you have a very good reason to do so.
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Re: chksetup.js output
By: Digital Man to hax0r on Fri Apr 24 2026 09:09 pm

Just remove those - it's better to not set them to explicit values
unless you have a very good reason to do so.

the update script will also screw up if the system is not in sbbs\
i updated one that was in c:\synchronet and it didn't work out well.

i also set the environment in the Os.


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Re: chksetup.js output
By: hax0r to All on Fri Apr 24 2026 07:42 pm

so right now your bbs is picking up but not starting the bbs.
it just sits.


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Re: chksetup.js output
By: MRO to Digital Man on Sat Apr 25 2026 12:58 am

Re: chksetup.js output
By: Digital Man to hax0r on Fri Apr 24 2026 09:09 pm

Just remove those - it's better to not set them to explicit values
unless you have a very good reason to do so.

the update script will also screw up if the system is not in sbbs\

If you're referring update.js, it's been tested in many installs that don't have "sbbs" anywhere in their path.

i updated one that was in c:\synchronet and it didn't work out well.

What happened?

i also set the environment in the Os.

Okay. But what happened?
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Re: chksetup.js output
By: Digital Man to MRO on Sat Apr 25 2026 02:26 pm

the update script will also screw up if the system is not in sbbs\

If you're referring update.js, it's been tested in many installs
that don't have "sbbs" anywhere in their path.

i can make you a video of it not working if you want it.

i updated one that was in c:\synchronet and it didn't work out well.

What happened?

i also set the environment in the Os.

Okay. But what happened?

Like i said, The update scripts wouldn't work correctly.
I had to change everything to sbbs\ and then change it back later.


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Re: chksetup.js output
By: MRO to Digital Man on Sat Apr 25 2026 09:54 pm

i can make you a video of it not working if you want it.

i updated one that was in c:\synchronet and it didn't work out well.

What happened?

i also set the environment in the Os.

Okay. But what happened?

Like i said, The update scripts wouldn't work correctly. I had to
change everything to sbbs\ and then change it back later.

I deleted the bbs and put it back on and the updater worked.
maybe before it was a fluke. i am on a win8 vm like the sysop's system.
i'm doing a restore on the os and seeing if it will do it again.

i'm pretty sure i typed in the synchronet/ path instead of letting it do
sbbs/ but that's possible too. mabye i screwed up. i work really fast and i type very fast.

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Re: chksetup.js output
By: MRO to Digital Man on Sat Apr 25 2026 09:54 pm

Re: chksetup.js output
By: Digital Man to MRO on Sat Apr 25 2026 02:26 pm

the update script will also screw up if the system is not in sbbs\

If you're referring update.js, it's been tested in many installs
that don't have "sbbs" anywhere in their path.

i can make you a video of it not working if you want it.

Sure, that'd be great!

i updated one that was in c:\synchronet and it didn't work out well.

What happened?

i also set the environment in the Os.

Okay. But what happened?

Like i said, The update scripts wouldn't work correctly.

update.js you mean?

I had to change everything to sbbs\ and then change it back later.

That's pretty weird.
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MRO wrote to Digital Man <=-

i updated one that was in c:\synchronet and it didn't work out well.

What happened?

i also set the environment in the Os.

Okay. But what happened?

Like i said, The update scripts wouldn't work correctly.
I had to change everything to sbbs\ and then change it back later.

Okay, Phil.




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Digital Man wrote to MRO <=-

i updated one that was in c:\synchronet and it didn't work out well.

What happened?

i also set the environment in the Os.

Okay. But what happened?

Like i said, The update scripts wouldn't work correctly.

update.js you mean?

I had to change everything to sbbs\ and then change it back later.

That's pretty weird.

That's MRO. Phil's younger brother.



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Re: Re: chksetup.js output
By: Gamgee to Digital Man on Sun Apr 26 2026 08:57 am

That's pretty weird.

That's MRO. Phil's younger brother.

i just provided video proof. you shouldnt be insulting people's
intelligence. i know from your fb your kids are developmentally disabled.


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Re: Re: chksetup.js output
By: Gamgee to MRO on Sun Apr 26 2026 08:57 am

Like i said, The update scripts wouldn't work correctly. I had to change everything to sbbs\ and then change it back later.

Okay, Phil.

You know phil has actually caught bugs and issues. You have not.
you sit around in your circle jerks and make shitty comments. meanwhile you have a stock bbs and don't do anything.


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