[TriLUG] Article on old style BBS systems

[Ric Moore via TriLUG]

On 4/28/17 4:18 PM, Gregory Woodbury via TriLUG wrote:
> Once upon a time, I wrote a UNIX BBS in sh, from scratch.  The users
> would login as bbs the first visit, and go through a text UI (tui) to
> make a UNIX login. On subsequent visits, they would use their own
> username and be placed in the BBS chroot with a restricted shell. The
> BBS featured netnews-based topic board. [Requesting access to a group
> would add it to the newsfeed from duke.]
> With two dial-in lines, a talk program was also available, either to
> the sysop (me) or the other user who may be logged in.  The system ran
> on UNIX/386 (which later became SCO UNIX) on a custom 486 box. This
> was circa 1985.  It took me about a week to write and another two
> weeks to get the security right.  That was the last incarnation of
> "The Wolves Den" BBS.

I ran an 8 line BBS in Beckley WV running RedHat Linux and telnet login. 
Had a ball with it! Ric