TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A48
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 JB> This is why I am so baffled. Somebody else stated that it might be
 JB> because I am running the server in sudo, but I can't get the ports open
 JB> unless I do so I haven't got the foggiest!

Use setcap to allow the mis binary access to lower ports:

sudo setcap CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE=+eip /mystic/mis

Just make sure you point correctly to mis (in this case, it's in /mystic/mis).
Once you've done this, you can run mis directly as the user you intend to use,
and it'll be worth a shot to see if it fixes your python issues.

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