It looks like I can't connect to my BBS from work. I try RLogin, SSh, and telnet and can't connect. I get in and check error log and I found this message:

term Node 1 !ERROR in prntfile.cpp line 294 (menu) checking "/home/sbbs/sbbs/text/menu/digdist/answer.msg" access=0

I go to prntfile.cpp line 294 and it is this:

errormsg(WHERE, ERR_CHK, path);

It's been up and fine since Saturday. Now this pops up.

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Re: Error message
By: Grease to All on Mon Jan 20 2025 06:50 pm

It looks like I can't connect to my BBS from work. I try RLogin, SSh, and telnet and can't connect. I get in and check error log and I found this message:

term Node 1 !ERROR in prntfile.cpp line 294 (menu) checking "/home/sbbs/sbbs/text/menu/digdist/answer.msg" access=0

I go to prntfile.cpp line 294 and it is this:

errormsg(WHERE, ERR_CHK, path);

It's been up and fine since Saturday. Now this pops up.

That error message seems unrelated to any connection issues.

"digdist" is Digital Distortion, Nightfox's add-ons, so you probably have the Digital Distortion matrix installed and maybe that needs an update.
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Re: Error message
By: Digital Man to Grease on Mon Jan 20 2025 07:22 pm

That error message seems unrelated to any connection issues.
"digdist" is Digital Distortion, Nightfox's add-ons, so you probably have the Digital Distortion matrix installed and maybe that needs an update.

I do have his login matrix. I'll take it off for now and see if that does the trick. I thought it was a hack attempt at first, but it did it for all incoming term attempts.
Especially since line 294 wasn't what it said it was. I don't know programming though.
Thanks, DM

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Re: Error message
By: Grease to Digital Man on Tue Jan 21 2025 10:04 am

That error message seems unrelated to any connection issues. "digdist" is
Digital Distortion, Nightfox's add-ons, so you probably have the Digital
Distortion matrix installed and maybe that needs an update.

I do have his login matrix. I'll take it off for now and see if that does the trick. I thought it was a hack attempt at first, but it did it for all incoming term attempts.
Especially since line 294 wasn't what it said it was. I don't know programming though.

In your earlier message, you mentioned the following error message:

term Node 1 !ERROR in prntfile.cpp line 294 (menu) checking "/home/sbbs/sbbs/text/menu/digdist/answer.msg" access=0

My login matrix doesn't directly reference that path, and when looking for an 'answer' file, it defaults to ../answer, but can also take the path to that file as the first command-line argument. So I'm not entirely sure where it's getting that path from.

Nightfox

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Re: Error message
By: Grease to Digital Man on Tue Jan 21 2025 10:04 am

Re: Error message
By: Digital Man to Grease on Mon Jan 20 2025 07:22 pm

That error message seems unrelated to any connection issues.
"digdist" is Digital Distortion, Nightfox's add-ons, so you probably have the Digital Distortion matrix installed and maybe that needs an update.

I do have his login matrix. I'll take it off for now and see if that does the trick. I thought it was a hack attempt at first, but it did it for all incoming term attempts.
Especially since line 294 wasn't what it said it was. I don't know programming though.

The error message appears correct/fine to me, as I assume the referenced filename (digdist/answer.msg) doesn't actually exist.
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Re: Error message
By: Grease to Digital Man on Tue Jan 21 2025 10:04 am

I do have his login matrix. I'll take it off for now and see if that does the trick. I thought it was a hack attempt at first, but it did it for all incoming term attempts.
Especially since line 294 wasn't what it said it was. I don't know programming though.

In your earlier message, you mentioned the following error message:

term Node 1 !ERROR in prntfile.cpp line 294 (menu) checking "/home/sbbs/sbbs/text/menu/digdist/answer.msg" access=0

My login matrix doesn't directly reference that path, and when looking
for an 'answer' file, it defaults to ../answer, but can also take the
path to that file as the first command-line argument. So I'm not
entirely sure where it's getting that path from.

In the loginDD, I removed the answer.msg part of the line, and it works now. Thanks for writing a great login matrix.
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Re: Error message
By: Grease to Digital Man on Tue Jan 21 2025 10:04 am

Re: Error message
By: Digital Man to Grease on Mon Jan 20 2025 07:22 pm

I do have his login matrix. I'll take it off for now and see if that does the trick. I thought it was a hack attempt at first, but it did it for all incoming term attempts.
Especially since line 294 wasn't what it said it was. I don't know programming though.

The error message appears correct/fine to me, as I assume the
referenced filename (digdist/answer.msg) doesn't actually exist. --

Correct. I took out that part of the line, and it works great now.
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Re: Re: Error message
By: Grease to Digital Man on Wed Jan 22 2025 03:13 pm

programming though.

The error message appears correct/fine to me, as I assume the referenced filename (digdist/answer.msg) doesn't actually exist. --

Correct. I took out that part of the line, and it works great now.

you could have also had a blank file with @NOPAUSE@ in it
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Re: Re: Error message
By: Grease to Digital Man on Wed Jan 22 2025 03:13 pm

The error message appears correct/fine to me, as I assume the referenced filename (digdist/answer.msg) doesn't actually exist. --

Correct. I took out that part of the line, and it works great now.

you could have also had a blank file with @NOPAUSE@ in it

If I knew then...
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