Question...
This is nothing new, just wondering if it's a bug or just something in Windows that we have to deal with...
On 32-bit Windows, you can log on locally to SBBS from the GUI by selecting BBS, then Login. Works great, been using it for years.
On 64-bit Windows, this doesn't work. Every time I try to do it, it ignores it.
Doesn't matter what flavor of Windows (10 or 11) but it just never works. I created an icon shortcut on the desktop to do a "telnet localhost" and that is a good work around.
So just wondering if it's a setting I'm missing, or is 64-bit Windows just that way and that's just an annoyance that I'll have to deal with?
If it's just "telnet://localhost" (which I think is still the default), then that used to run whatever program was registered to handle the "telnet:" scheme in a URI. You can test that with the Windows-key-R (and just type "telnet://localhost") and see what happens. If SyncTERM is registered as the "telnet:" handler, then it should run SyncTERM (and used to), but I think that stopped working on newere Windows systems. Nothing to do with 32-bit versus 64-bit.
Re: Login to SBBS from Windows GUI
By: Digital Man to Diamond Dave on Sun Apr 09 2023 11:50 am
If it's just "telnet://localhost" (which I think is still the default), then that used to run whatever program was registered to handle the "telnet:" scheme in a URI. You can test that with the Windows-key-R (and just type "telnet://localhost") and see what happens. If SyncTERM is registered as the "telnet:" handler, then it should run SyncTERM (and used to), but I think that stopped working on newere Windows systems. Nothing to do with 32-bit versus 64-bit.
i'm not running windows 11 but i have 10. the telnet handler works.
also works in sbbs control panel.
Re: Login to SBBS from Windows GUI
By: Diamond Dave to All on Sun Apr 09 2023 01:58 pm
Question...
This is nothing new, just wondering if it's a bug or just
something in Windows that we have to deal with...
On 32-bit Windows, you can log on locally to SBBS from the GUI by selecting BBS, then Login. Works great, been using it for years.
On 64-bit Windows, this doesn't work. Every time I try to do it,
it ignores it.
Doesn't matter what flavor of Windows (10 or 11) but it just never
works. I created an icon shortcut on the desktop to do a "telnet localhost" and that is a good work around.
So just wondering if it's a setting I'm missing, or is 64-bit
Windows just that way and that's just an annoyance that I'll have
to deal with?
Check your setting of File->Properties->Login Command. I'm guessing
it's different between your 32-bit and 64-bit Windows systems?
If it's just "telnet://localhost" (which I think is still the
default), then that used to run whatever program was registered to
handle the "telnet:" scheme in a URI. You can test that with the Windows-key-R (and just type "telnet://localhost") and see what
happens. If SyncTERM is registered as the "telnet:" handler, then it
should run SyncTERM (and used to), but I think that stopped working
on newere Windows systems. Nothing to do with 32-bit versus 64-bit.
i'm not running windows 11 but i have 10. the telnet handler works.
also works in sbbs control panel.
Cool, good to know not all hope is lost.
Check your setting of File->Properties->Login Command. I'm guessing it's dif
If it's just "telnet://localhost" (which I think is still the default), then at happens. If SyncTERM is registered as the "telnet:" handler, then it shou
I know on my Windows 10 system, the MS telnet client isn't installed as default. You have to install it through "Turn windows features on or
off" > Telnet client.
Re: Login to SBBS from Windows GUI
By: Digital Man to Diamond Dave on Sun Apr 09 2023 11:50 am
Check your setting of File->Properties->Login Command. I'm guessing it's dif
If it's just "telnet://localhost" (which I think is still the default), then at happens. If SyncTERM is registered as the "telnet:" handler, then it shou
I did a fresh install of 3.19 on Windows 11 (which only comes in 64-bit). The default was telnet://127.0.0.1. I changed it to telnet://localhost and still no effect. Yet if I do telnet://localhost from the Run command, it works just fine.
Still no idea why it doesn't work in 64-bit, but fine in 32-bit.
Re: Login to SBBS from Windows GUI
By: Digital Man to Diamond Dave on Sun Apr 09 2023 11:50 am
Check your setting of File->Properties->Login Command. I'm guessing it's dif
If it's just "telnet://localhost" (which I think is still the default), then at happens. If SyncTERM is registered as the "telnet:" handler, then it shou
I did a fresh install of 3.19 on Windows 11 (which only comes in 64-bit). The default was telnet://127.0.0.1. I changed it to telnet://localhost and still no effect. Yet if I do telnet://localhost from the Run command, it works just fine.
Still no idea why it doesn't work in 64-bit, but fine in 32-bit.
Yep, I did that and still didn't work from the SBBS GUI. Works fine from the command line, though.'telnet:' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
telnet://localhost
I wasn't suggesting changing the Login Command from "telnet://127.0.0.1" to
Changing the Login Command to "telnet localhost" or "syncterm telnet://local
Re: Re: Login to SBBS from Windows GUI
By: Diamond Dave to Nelgin on Mon Apr 10 2023 06:36 pm
Yep, I did that and still didn't work from the SBBS GUI. Works fine from command line, though.
telnet://localhost'telnet:' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
What exactly "works fine from the comamnd line"?
The default was telnet://127.0.0.1. I changed it to telnet://localhost an still no effect. Yet if I do telnet://localhost from the Run command, it works just fine.
Still no idea why it doesn't work in 64-bit, but fine in 32-bit.
I wasn't suggesting changing the Login Command from "telnet://127.0.0.1" to
Changing the Login Command to "telnet localhost" or "syncterm telnet://local
telnet://localhost'telnet:' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
What exactly "works fine from the comamnd line"?
I can open up a CMD prompt and it works fine. But not from the GUI as I've been saying.
Re: Re: Login to SBBS from Windows GUI
By: Digital Man to Diamond Dave on Mon Apr 10 2023 04:24 pm
Re: Re: Login to SBBS from Windows GUI
By: Diamond Dave to Nelgin on Mon Apr 10 2023 06:36 pm
Yep, I did that and still didn't work from the SBBS GUI. Works fine from command line, though.
telnet://localhost'telnet:' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
What exactly "works fine from the comamnd line"?
I can open up a CMD prompt and it works fine. But not from the GUI as I've been saying.
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Define "it" please. As you can see from my example, "telnet://localhost" doe
Re: Re: Login to SBBS from Windows GUI
By: Digital Man to Diamond Dave on Tue Apr 11 2023 11:14 am
eI can open up a CMD prompt and it works fine. But not from the GUI as I'v
been saying.
Define "it" please. As you can see from my example, "telnet://localhost" does not work from a Windows command prompt
"telnet localhost"
Works great from the CMD prompt, not from the SBBS GUI. Found out it just can't find it from GUI in the default location. Copy the telnet.exe executable to a location where the SBBS GUI can find it, and it magically works. :)
"telnet localhost"
Works great from the CMD prompt, not from the SBBS GUI. Found out it just can't find it from GUI in the default location. Copy the telnet.exe executable to a location where the SBBS GUI can find it, and it magically works. :)
On 32-bit Windows, you can log on locally to SBBS from the GUI by selecting BBS, then Login. Works great, been using it for years.
On 64-bit Windows, this doesn't work. Every time I try to do it, it ignores it.
I created an icon shortcut on the desktop to do a "telnet ftelnet.synchro.net" and that is a good work around.
Speaking of ftelnet, I'm trying to self-host the js and the proxy..
It seems like I -have- to use encryption from the proxy to the BBS since my incoming connection is HTTPS only (no HTTP). Is there a way to use a self signed certificate?
It didn't work for me at all unless I used the same VALID certificate on both the web server and the proxy... and unfortunately this makes all incoming connections to the BBS look like they are coming from a local IP.
GitHub repo periodically -- I don't regularly work on it, but every once in awhile I'll add a feature or fix a bug.
using one for https, primarily that each visitor would need to follow some steps before it would be trusted by the browser.
Seeing a local IP doesn't have anything to do with using the same certificate on both the web server and the proxy. When a visitor comes to
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