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  Re: Run a BBS on a Linux Server
  By: Richard Menedetter to aaron thomas on Thu Jul 04 2019 01:22 pm

 > Hi aaron!
 >
 > 03 Jul 2019 21:05, from aaron thomas -> Alan Ianson:
 >
 >  at> I don't have shell access
 >
 > What do you mean with that????
 > You need SSH access to the linux vritual server!
 > If you do not have that, then you cannot do anything!
 >

Yah pretty much. If he's got a shared hosting account it's not even something
he should try, and he's almost certainly on a cPanel or Plesk powered CentOS
box.

It is (theoretically) possible to run binaries and shell scripts, etc., using
cron (and what a pain that would be), if you don't have shell access, but on a
server with cPanel, for example, he's chrooted anyway, so there aren't a whole
lot of useful binaries.

Here's some of the problems Aaron:

First, Netfilter (iptables) is almost certainly dropping connection requests
on TCP port 23, and you don't have logon privs to TCP 22. Even if you did, as
a user on that shared server you couldn't override the system's firewall
because you're just one of the users, not to mention services on that machine
already taking up other ports you would need.

If you're just wanting to experiment, then I wouild recommend VirtualBox.org
on whatever OS you're running (The current version six no longer supports
32bit OSes - so use version 5 if that is your use  case).

If you want to run a BBS in production, or at least make it available as a
forward facing service on the Internet, then you've got a couple of really
good and inexpensive choices:

1.) pick up one of those 10 or 20 dollar a year OpenVZ VPSes from the myriad
of deals always being announced over at LowEndBox (LEB).

2.) If you have Internet at home, then do a port forward from your wireless
router to TCP port 23 of whatever IP address it issues via DHCP to on old
beater computer you have laying around, or find at a garage sale for ten
bucks. Other than whatever cost you incur getting an old computer, that's the
only expense you'll ever incur other than Internet Access itself to your home.
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