[Encore] Questions re ports and Encore

Thu Nov 1 11:00:24 MDT 2007

Richard's advice sounds like a winner to me!

Let us know how it goes...

~Lennie

On 10/31/07, Richard L. Bowman <rbowman at bridgewater.edu> wrote:
>
>  I was trying to remember all of the throes I went through to get our MOO
> set up so many years ago, and nothing came to mind on this topic. However, I
> can help out with the "vi" listed in Lennie's response. Unix systems have a
> text editor called "vi". It is rather cryptic, but one could edit several
> lines at a time, sort of.
>
>
>
> So if there is a file called "options.h" on your winmoo setup, Paul,
> simply right-click on it and open it with Notepad. Edit it and save it. I'm
> thinking this may be the fix you need.
>
>
>
> Richard
>
> ----------------------------------
>
> Richard L. Bowman, PhD
>
> Prof. of Physics / Dir. of Academic Computing
>
> Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA, USA
>
> http://www.bridgewater.edu/~rbowman/<http://www.bridgewater.edu/%7Erbowman/>
>
>
>
> *From:* encore-bounces at encore-consortium.org [mailto:
> encore-bounces at encore-consortium.org] *On Behalf Of *Lennie Irvin
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 31, 2007 3:51 PM
> *To:* paul rayner
> *Cc:* encore at encore-consortium.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Encore] Questions re ports and Encore
>
>
>
> Paul,
>
> I don't think you may have to do the dance of setting up your moo locally
> and then recopying it back to the server.
>
> I opened up my rather dusty copy of High Wired and looked at chapter #5
> which has instructions for installing and setting up an enCore MOO (granted
> it is pre-v5).  These instructions hold true for installing on a Unix
> server, so it may not help you Paul since I think you said that you were
> using winmoo.
>
> Anyway, on page 118 there is a section on "Compiling the Server."  It
> talks about "configuring" the script which makes a file called config.h.
> "The config.h file holds vital information about the types of networking
> that the MOO will be using..." It also mentions "you should edit the
> options.h file to open up outbound network connections from the MOO."
> This would seem to include telnet ports, I would think.
>
> In the book it describes accessing this file:
>
> (remember, this is for unix)
> cd MOO-1.8.0.p        (changes directory to where the moo server files are
> located)
> vi options.h               (I'm not sure what the "vi" program is, but it
> opens the interface for editing the options.h file)
>
> I'm not sure what the equivalent for winmoo would be or how you might get
> to this options.h file.  How's your DOS?
>
> I may be completely off, but it seems like you might be able to find the
> place where the default setting is for telnet access on port 7777 and change
> it to 3333.
>
> It is at time like these that I wish Jan Rune were still around...
>
> (Lennie glances toward Clemson with a faint hope Cynthia is listening)
>
> I found this line from the "* I am connected to my MOO, what should I do
> first? "*
> section of the Wizard Basics site (http://moo.kcc.hawaii.edu/%7Emoo/MOO/files/documentation/wizbasics.html#winMOO
>
> <http://moo.kcc.hawaii.edu/%257Emoo/MOO/files/documentation/wizbasics.html#winMOO>
> )
> " If you decided to use another port than 7777 (defined in your options.hfile when compiling), it is a good idea to update the changes here as
> well."
>
> So I think I am on track about your solution being able to modify that
> options.h file.  Now how to actually modify it is something others may be
> able to help you with.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Lennie
>
>
>  On 10/26/07, *paul rayner* <prayner at hwy54.com.au> wrote:
>
> I found a free host.
>
>
>
> Installed Lambda Moo and Encore 5 db.
>
> When I started it, I used
>
> ......public_html/encore/bin$<basil at mcp-server:%7E/public_html/encore/bin$>./moo
> encore.db 3333
>
>
>
> It did it's thing, but came up with:
>
>
> Oct 26 17:33:21: LISTEN: #0 now listening on port 7777
> Oct 26 17:33:21: LISTEN: #32 now listening on port 7000
>
> MY questions are, does it always open these ports?
>
>
>
> Can I get it to use the port I was assigned (free hosting)?
>
>
>
> Can I get the web interface to work on any other port than 7000?
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
>
>
> Paul
>
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Lennie Irvin
Assistant Professor, Dept. of English
San Antonio College
PhD student in Tech Comm and Rhetoric, Texas Tech Univ.
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