Hello all,

I'm trying to get logs output to someplace any place besides the journal.

I'm running under linux/ubunu, sbbs 3.21.f. I don't seem to understand how to work the logs in any mode.

I start my system via systemd via /sbbs/exec/sbbs d .

I've touched the /var/log/sbbs.log also /sbbs/data/logs/sbbs.log

I've configured my rsyslog.d/sbbs.conf

I've tried various combos of the config settings in sbbs.ini, but nothing is appearing in the logs.

My settings in sbbs.ini are:

[UNIX]
; User/group name to run as
User = sbbs
Group = sbbs
; Run in background:
Daemonize = False
; was default Daemonize = False
; File to create/write-to with process identifier (when daemonized)
PidFile = sbbs.pid
; System log (syslog) facility to use (when daemonized)
; 1 = LOCAL1
; 2 = LOCAL2
; .
; .
; .
; S = Use standard facilities - be sure you understand the
; consequences of enabling this!
; man syslog.conf(5) for more information.
; Defaults to using the USER facility.
;LogFacility = User
; above was the default for this build
;LogFacility = 3
LogFacility = S
; syslog identity to use (when daemonized)
LogIdent = synchronet
; Default file creation mask:
umask = 077

Does anyone understand what is wrong?

One thing that does appear in /sbbs/data/logs/sbbs.log is:


Reading /sbbs/ctrl/sbbs.ini

Synchronet Console for Linux-x64 Version 3.21f Copyright 2026 Rob Swindell

But that seems to be all.
BBsing, Sysop of Lunar Outpost, lunarout.sycnhro.net

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Re: unix sbbs.log help
By: bbsing to All on Tue Sep 08 2026 11:56:35

Hello all,

I'm trying to get logs output to someplace any place besides the journal.

I'm running under linux/ubunu, sbbs 3.21.f. I don't seem to understand how to work the logs in any mode.

Well I figured it out.
Looks like this document works well. URL:http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:separate-unix-logs

At least now I have something happening in /var/log/sbbs/sbbs.log

This document did not help me.
URL: http://wiki.synchro.net/config:nix

All the stuff I tried in the http://wiki.synchro.net/config:nix
didn't seem to work.

I have to see if seperate log files actually arrive. That hasent seemed to happen yet. Not sure why.

More to do. Maybe with the config settings within sbbs.ini.
BBsing, Sysop of Lunar Outpost, lunarout.sycnhro.net

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On Tue, 8 Sep 2026 22:02:03 -0700
"bbsing" (VERT/LUNAROUT) <VERT/LUNAROUT!bbsing@endofthelinebbs.com>
wrote:

I'm trying to get logs output to someplace any place besides the journal.

I'm running under linux/ubunu, sbbs 3.21.f. I don't seem to
understand how to work the logs in any mode.

Well I figured it out.
Looks like this document works well. URL:http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:separate-unix-logs

At least now I have something happening in /var/log/sbbs/sbbs.log

I have to see if seperate log files actually arrive. That hasent
seemed to happen yet. Not sure why.

Then you did something wrong. It works for me. I would hope it works
for me because I wrote the wiki page based on my configuration that
works perfectly.


bbs@bbs:~/sbbs-git/src/sbbs3$ ls -l /var/log/sbbs/*sbbs.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 bbs bbs 28946525 Sep 9 02:27 /var/log/sbbs/event.sbbs.log -rw-r--r-- 1 bbs bbs 715381 Sep 9 02:13 /var/log/sbbs/ftp.sbbs.log -rw-r--r-- 1 bbs bbs 1517078 Sep 9 02:30 /var/log/sbbs/mail.sbbs.log -rw-r--r-- 1 bbs bbs 122343 Sep 9 02:22 /var/log/sbbs/sbbs.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 bbs bbs 39387401 Sep 9 02:30
/var/log/sbbs/service.sbbs.log -rw-r--r-- 1 bbs bbs 36801862 Sep 9
02:30 /var/log/sbbs/term.sbbs.log -rw-r--r-- 1 bbs bbs 186616198 Sep 9
02:30 /var/log/sbbs/web.sbbs.log
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Re: Re: unix sbbs.log help
By: bbsing to nelgin on Wed Sep 09 2026 08:21:29

nelgin, I'm trying to confirm you are using the setup based on this document: URL:http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:separate-unix-logs ?

Like I said, I wrote the wiki based on my configurtion so yes, I'm pretty sure I'm using the correct setup.

Can you share your sbbs.ini UNIX log section?

Sure

[UNIX]
; User/group name to run as
; User=bbs
; Group=bbs

; Run in background:
Daemonize=False
; File to create/write-to with process identifier (when daemonized)
PidFile=/sbbs/ctrl/sbbs.pid
; System log (syslog) facility to use (when daemonized)
; 1 = LOCAL1
; 2 = LOCAL2
; .
; .
; .
; S = Use standard facilities - be sure you understand the
; consequences of enabling this!
; man syslog.conf(5) for more information.
; Defaults to using the USER facility.
LogFacility=3
; syslog identity to use (when daemonized)
LogIdent=synchronet
; Default file creation mask:
umask=077

What OS are you using?

Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS

Is your ownership on /var/log/sbbs bbs:bbs?

bbs@bbs:~/sbbs-git/src/sbbs3$ ls -ld /var/log/sbbs
drwxrwxrwx 2 bbs bbs 4096 Sep 5 04:29 /var/log/sbbs

It is but it's also chmod 777 that I should probably fix to be 750.

I didn't know if I should have mine be set as syslog:sbbs with a mode of 775. On ubuntu 24 I'm using rsyslog.

If your user and group is sbbs then I would use that rather than syslog.

Also, if your user and group are not bbs then you'll need to change fileOwner in your rsyslog.d file.

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Re: Re: unix sbbs.log help
By: nelgin to bbsing on Wed Sep 09 2026 12:52:01

nelgin, I'm trying to confirm you are using the setup based on this
document: URL:http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:separate-unix-logs ?

Thanks for writing that wiki.

Like I said, I wrote the wiki based on my configurtion so yes, I'm pretty sure I'm using the correct setup.
; User=bbs
; Group=bbs
information. ; Defaults to using the USER facility.

In my sbbs.ini UNIX secion I commented out the Users and Group via ;

I also switched to the same logFacility as your config
LogFacility=3

The changes I made to my UNiX session logging.
I don't really understand why using Facility=S creates a single log.
S (for single ?)

What OS are you using?

Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS

We've got the same OS.

Also, if your user and group are not bbs then you'll need to change fileOwner in your rsyslog.d file.

I'll change my folder ownership back to the users and group sbbs is running under.

In the rsyslog.d file I did set those correctly.
I noticed if all those are not set correctly rsyslog.service failes to start or degrades. I missed one when editing the file after copy and past from your wiki.

Thank you nelgin, your post was a huge help.
BBsing, Sysop of Lunar Outpost, lunarout.sycnhro.net

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