Subj : Installing binkd on Linux
To   : Martin Foster
From : Vince Coen
Date : Tue Feb 20 2018 03:44 pm

Hello Martin!

Tuesday February 20 2018 11:06, you wrote to me:

 > Hello Vince!

 > On 19.02.18 at 18:19, Vince Coen wrote to Martin Foster:

 VC>> Monday February 19 2018 09:32, you wrote to All:

 >>> I want to install binkd in /usr/bin

 VC>> Why ?

 > Personal preference :-)

Small point - I would assume here that binkd is only run by one user such as
the one used for the bbs / mailer and that is not your normal login name.

If so them build it and all other s/w used for the bbs/mailer etc to be in the
local user ./bin directory.  This will help keep the system secure.


Vince

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