Re: A couple of minor issues with remote linux Synchronet server
  By: kmelillo to Nightfox on Sat Apr 06 2019 12:42 pm

 >   Re: A couple of minor issues with remote linux Synchronet server
 >   By: Nightfox to kmelillo on Fri Apr 05 2019 01:16 pm
 >
 >  > Are you able to remote desktop to the machine?  If you can, that would
 >  > make the process easier.  Alternately, I remember there being a remote
 >  > shell door that I think was included with Synchronet, or in the CVS,
 >  > though I don't remember offhand what it was called.  Something like that
 >  > could give you remote shell access via Synchronet.  But at the same time,
 >  > could you SSH into your remote Linux machine hosting your BBS?
 >
 > I have full access to the machine via SSH...  I can get everything on there,
 > and working properly.  But I can not help but think there is an wasier way.
 > An ANSI editor/viewer via a door...  and a few scripts to change the ANS
 > files to ASC.  Something to help me avoid doing all the work locally, then
 > having to transfer it over, then convert it, and move it into the proper
 > directories.
 >
 > A long form door text editor would be good as well, so I can edit baja src
 > files...  although I suppose nano\vi would work as doors..  although I have
 > not tried these.
 >
 > Has anyone done anything interesting in this area?  It's not really
 > customization...  it's more like streamlining...

I use a CIFS/SMB share (via Samba on Linux), but you can do the same with FTP.
I think some clients like FileZilla have a simple "edit file" option which will
transfer the file to your system, launch your editor (e.g. PabloDraw) and then
send the result back to the server, seemlessly.

                                            digital man

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