Re: Multi OS running synchronet?
By: Punisher to All on Tue Jan 27 2026 12:59 pm
Hello, I want to have primary synchronet on Windows and other computer on Linux. I am guessing need to share data folder at least. The nodes 1-5 Windows machine and 6-10 Linux is this the way to do it? What other folders to share? Thanks
Yes, that exactly what I do. I found it's best to host/serve the files from the Linux system using Samba and have Windows be the "client" in the relationship. I've experimented with using Windows as the SMB server and the results were not good. Also, for best results, have your Linux system *mount* the Samba-shared directory and use the mounted folder (not the source/shared folder) - that way all the file and record locking between the two systems works as it should.
You pretty much need to share the entire sbbs directory hierarchy. Technically, there are some files (and very few directories) that don't need to be shared, but it's not really worth the hassle to try to describe and figure out which is which. Just share the entire sbbs directory tree.
You just need to copy your ctrl/sbbs.ini file to another name in the same directory (e.g. sbbs.hostname.ini), change the FirstNode and LastNode values (so the 2 sbbs*.ini files don't overlap with nodes) and update/check the network settings, and you should be able to run the 2 instances concurrently.
I tried the same with macOS as a client it's SMB/CIFS client sucks too hard.
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