EleBBS Telnet Server, W32, OS2. =============================== The 32-bit versions of EleBBS include a program called Telsrv.exe, this is a basic telnet server. It allows the running of the facilities available in EleBBS over a TCP/IP connection without the need for additional drivers. However, currently doors are not supported and should not be executed from a telnet node of EleBBS. In elconfig there are a number of options you must set-up to enable telnet too work: Elconfig: System>Paths>Telnet Base. This option enables you to define the location where EleBBS and telsrv will be executed from. This option is useful if you are running different versions of EleBBS, for example, you may wish to run the dos version of EleBBS for your dial up lines. Elconfig: System>Paths>Node Paths. This tells EleBBS where it should create the node directories required to sprawn a telnet node. For example "c:\elebbs\node*N\", this tells EleBBS to create the node directories in "c:\elebbs\", the *N is translated to the current node number EleBBS is to create. Elconfig: Modem>Telnet: Max. Sessions: Sets the Maximum number of connections to be made available via telnet. Server port: Sets the port number which users have to login too, the default port for telnet is usually 23. Start node#: The node number the first telnet user will be logged on too. This should not be set to a node number which will be used by dial up nodes. No telnet.DL: Allow or disallow Downloads via a telnet node. Start Minimized: When telsrv sprawns an EleBBS task setting this option to yes will start EleBBS minimized, this solves the problem of a window appearing whilst you are operating other tasks on your PC, thus your input will not be interrupted. To start the telnet server, change to the appropriate directory where telsrv.exe is located, this should already have been defined "Elconfig: System>Paths>Telnet Base", and execute telsrv.exe. The telnet server will now be running, waiting for a telnet user too call. When telsrv detects a user attempting to login to the BBS via telnet it will sprawn a new task, which will provide the interface for the user to interact on the BBS. Ensure the correct version of elebbs.exe resides in the same directory as telsrv.exe, i.e. the win32 version of EleBBS and the win32 version of telsrv. It will not work with the dos version of EleBBS. * Note: This manual assumes you already have TCP/IP facilities installed for your operating system. Please consult the documentation provided with your operating system for information on how to accomplish this.