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  • src/sexpots/sexpots.c

    From Rob Swindell@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Fri Jan 21 19:49:46 2022
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/6fde2a0e4c11b5376ecac3f6
    Modified Files:
    src/sexpots/sexpots.c
    Log Message:
    Add a -syslog option for *nix builds to force log output to syslog

    for Nelgin

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Fri Jan 21 20:00:33 2022
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/c6fde03fbbdbd8efc9d181eb
    Modified Files:
    src/sexpots/sexpots.c
    Log Message:
    Fix issue that prevent "-syslog" option from being used (on *nix)

    Fixed a couple sprintf() buffer overflow warnings/issues.

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Sun Jan 23 01:35:25 2022
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/4c33738ef1c22dd74a5122ac
    Modified Files:
    src/sexpots/sexpots.c
    Log Message:
    Optionally send a prompt to connected user

    Wait up to 10 seconds for a single-char reply to the prompt and if a non-control character was received, use the [TCP:x] (x is the character sent by the user) from the sexpots.ini for the Host and Port values to connect to.

    An experimental feature for Nelgin.

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Sun Jan 23 02:08:41 2022
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/9798f30aeea0432edf99b76d
    Modified Files:
    src/sexpots/sexpots.c
    Log Message:
    Make PromptTimeout configurable (default to 0/infinite)

    Set to number of seconds to timeout, if desired.
    Log the received character in response to the prompt.

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Sun Jan 23 02:27:37 2022
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/b8dcc1e8e52f5f877134bb5f
    Modified Files:
    src/sexpots/sexpots.c
    Log Message:
    Optional clear-screen before sending banner

    Set CLS=true in the root section of sexpots.ini to enable. Sends a ^L ASCII 12 0x0c FF CS whatever you want to call it to the remote terminal before sending the carriage return and copyright banner. For Nelgin.

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Sun Jan 23 02:46:47 2022
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/3efb480e94cf03396a17dc0a
    Modified Files:
    src/sexpots/sexpots.c
    Log Message:
    Change default PromptTimeout to 60 (seconds)

    Also log a warning if a control character is received in response to the prompt, or log a notice if there's a timeout waiting for a response to the prompt. Change the non-control character response value to a debug-level log message.

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Sun Jan 23 03:07:50 2022
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/a355fdf9c745695292036c3e
    Modified Files:
    src/sexpots/sexpots.c
    Log Message:
    Re-parse the "TCP" section before sending (optional) Prompt

    We need to re-parse the default sexpots.ini [TCP] section for every new session (when using the Prompt feature) or else there's no way to connect to the default host.

    Also, telnet to be enabled or disabled (e.g. by setting Telnet=false) in any [TCP] or [TCP:x] section to support a mix of Telnet and non-Telnet hosts.

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  • From Deuc¿@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Mon Jan 24 16:32:02 2022
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/947e9258b59e56a22cea0a2e
    Modified Files:
    src/sexpots/sexpots.c
    Log Message:
    Actually do bounds checking on timeout.

    Fix warning while we're here.

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  • From Deuc¿@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Mon Jan 24 16:34:03 2022
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/1da032deaaa38823eebe0d94
    Modified Files:
    src/sexpots/sexpots.c
    Log Message:
    Allow one second longer for timeout

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Tue Jan 25 18:10:44 2022
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/9187c26df0899951d52897e0
    Modified Files:
    src/sexpots/sexpots.c
    Log Message:
    Remove the extra stderr output for debug-level log msgs on *nix

    As reported by Nelgin

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Sat Jan 29 20:19:22 2022
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/af4a8764c35db996c89bb734
    Modified Files:
    src/sexpots/sexpots.c
    Log Message:
    Add optional RingCount and RingInterval [modem] settings

    Only used in manual answer mode,
    RingCount defaults 1 (answer after the first ring) and RingInterval defaults to 6000 (maximum elapsed milliseconds between rings of the same "call").

    This should address issue/feature-request #330 by Nelgin. Give that a try.

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Sun Jan 30 20:58:26 2022
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/6977a080e9258f6e663f7bb5
    Modified Files:
    src/sexpots/sexpots.c
    Log Message:
    Support an optional log identifier to syslog()

    Nelgin: "anyway to get sexpots to report itself differently to syslog" [?]

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Mon Feb 7 22:05:30 2022
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/869e0ebdf76bbc8417682ec1
    Modified Files:
    src/sexpots/sexpots.c
    Log Message:
    Setting IgnoreDCD=true causes wait_for_call() to immediate return

    For Nelgin's null modem setup, putty doesn't raise DTR?

    <nelgin> sexpots 1492 root 3u CHR 4,64 0t0 90 /dev/ttyS0
    <nelgin> Well, it's listening, but when I connect with putty I get nothing. <nelgin> DigitalMan, probably always assume a client is connected since I have my pc wired to my linux box.

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Mon Feb 7 23:46:45 2022
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/8cf2abe7b7402672e0602167
    Modified Files:
    src/sexpots/sexpots.c
    Log Message:
    Parse/apply [COM:x] section upon prompted key press of 'x'

    Another hack for Nelgin: this'll allow (in theory) the serial device to switch parity modes (e.g. 8N1 or 7E1) depending on what the user selects (key pressed).

    I did not add byte/stop bit size configurations. We may need that.

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Tue Feb 8 19:32:58 2022
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/32fa13dda8e2c1522d4255f8
    Modified Files:
    src/sexpots/sexpots.c
    Log Message:
    Don't call com_setup() unless an alternate [COM:x] section is loaded

    Apparently com_setup() (which just calls tcsetattr()) will cause an attached modem (with a caller) to disconnect the caller. So you can't do this with a live modem. Leave the hack in for Nelgin's null modem cable setup, but you can't (apparently) support both 8N1 and 7E1 "callers" with a real modem (not surprisingly, for multiple reasons).

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  • From Rob Swindell (on Debian Linux)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Fri Nov 8 20:40:04 2024
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/dd287bf2e64f5eafbb2e138f
    Modified Files:
    src/sexpots/sexpots.c
    Log Message:
    Enable signal (e.g. Ctrl-C) handling / ignoring

    Gracefully terminate with SIGQUIT, SIGINT, and SIGTERM

    Ignore SIGHUP and SIGPIPE.

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  • From Rob Swindell (on Windows 11)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Fri Nov 22 18:05:08 2024
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/e2bcf7223ea3817ac6ae4d9d
    Modified Files:
    src/sexpots/sexpots.c
    Log Message:
    If configured COM port byte size is less than 8, strip high 8-n bits on RX

    Some USB modems (reportedly, USRobotics USB modem) don't strip the parity bit of data received from modem connections operating in < 8 bit modes
    (e.g. 7-E-1), as is normally don't with a modem connected to a UART, so we'll do that stripping (forcing to 0) here, as recommended by Deuce.

    Nelgin, if you're doing some manually stripping of the 7th bit bytes received from 7-E-1 connected modems and then sent to your server/BBS over TCP, you shouldn't need to do that now.

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  • From Deuc¿@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Wed Dec 18 17:10:17 2024
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/9a588197886b3a7c384b7ad6
    Modified Files:
    src/sexpots/sexpots.c
    Log Message:
    include signal.h for signal()

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  • From Rob Swindell (on Windows 11)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Sat Mar 15 14:32:11 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/546725fc5a79ae67d5cf0c28
    Modified Files:
    src/sexpots/sexpots.c
    Log Message:
    Increase buffer size from 4096 to 10000 in handle_call()

    Log errors if/when comWriteBuf() fails.

    This is to hopefully help to root-cause or even possibly resolve the issue reported in #synchronet by PyRoDrAkE:
    "It all works well until the Dialup connection runs slower than 4800 baud
    using SexPots. I connect from my XT at either 1200 baud or 2400 baud and it would just stop drawing midway."

    There shouldn't be any write timeout in comWriteBuf(), so I don't know why
    this would help, but it's worth a try. Logging any comWriteBuf() errors is
    also a good idea in general.

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  • From Rob Swindell (on Debian Linux)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Sat Mar 22 16:47:33 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/d2ec372c5881a2ff011e4dc3
    Modified Files:
    src/sexpots/sexpots.c
    Log Message:
    Log modem status value, helpful when debugging serial line/modem issues

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