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Hi All,

I have a new node/link in AmigaNet using Synchronet on Freebsd. I'm noticing some strangeness:


+ 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] incoming session with ***
- 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] OPT CRYPT
+ 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] Remote requests CRYPT mode
- 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] SYS ***
- 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] ZYZ ***
- 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] LOC ***
- 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] NDL 115200,TCP,BINKP
- 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] TIME Tue Nov 11 2025 08:29:58 GMT+0000 (WET)
- 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] VER BinkIT/2.41,JSBinkP/4,sbbs3.20d/FreeBSD binkp/1.1 + 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] addr: 39:***/***@AmigaNet
+ 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] addr: 21:*/***@fsxnet (n/a or busy)
+ 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] addr: 1337:*/***@tqwnet (n/a or busy)
+ 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] pwd protected session (MD5)
- 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] session in CRYPT mode
- 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] receiving f4o5881q.pkt (19 byte(s), off 0)
+ 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] rcvd: f4o5881q.pkt (19, 19.00 CPS, 39:***/***@AmigaNet)
? 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] recv: connection closed by foreign host
+ 11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] done (from 39:***/***@AmigaNet, failed, S/R: 0/1 (0/19 bytes))
11 Nov 09:29:58 [23984] session closed, quitting...

------------ Tue 2025-11-11, FMail-lnx64-2.3.2.4-Beta20240523
09:29:58.974 Toss
09:29:58.978 Error reading packet header in file: /home/fido/inbound/f4o5881q.pkt, renamed with extension: '.error'

# xxd f4o5881q.pkt.error
0000000: 4269 6e6b 4954 2f32 2e34 3120 6172 6773 BinkIT/2.41 args
0000010: 3a20 0a : .


Firstly the .pkt file that isn't a .pkt file?

Secondly the 'recv' from the remote before the connection is complete, so my binkd flags it as 'failed'...


Bye, Wilfred.

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To: Digital Man
Hi Digital,

On 2025-11-12 23:11:43, you wrote to me:

Looks like that is the contents of a lock/.bsy file created by

BinkIt. DM> These DM> files should *not* sent to the remote host, so
that is very weird. Indeed weird, but what is the solution? ;-)

I'm not sure. Have you asked the node to be sure their Synchronet install is
up-to-date (especially their exec and load directories)?

He is using a virtual Freebsd system with a synchronet version compiled by someone else. (I don't know anymore details)

The plan now is to switch to a virtual Linux system, hopefully with a freshly compiled synchronet from the latest release source. Let's wait and see how that goes...


Bye, Wilfred.

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To: Digital Man
Re: Re: Strange issues
By: Digital Man to Wilfred van Velzen on Wed Nov 12 2025 23:11:43

Hi. It was a bug in binkp.js, but the Linux daily version worked. I was advised to copy the entire exec folder, compile the bin files, and that's it. After days of trying. All modes are now working: crash, hold, and normal.

Thanks for all your patience.

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