Hi, i made a BBS into my Ubuntu machine and now i want to transfer it at a RaspberryPi. The problem is that in my linux machine the user was something like /home/xxxx/ and in RPi the user is /home/pi/. I don't want to make a new user for the pi machine, but use the pi user as default. Is there an easy way to change the user name inside Mystics config files?

I used a hex editor to edit the main .dat file, otherwise Mystic didn't load
up and its a lot of work to change manually each file/msg base. :(

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On 12/11/16, xqtr said the following...

Hi, i made a BBS into my Ubuntu machine and now i want to transfer it at
a RaspberryPi. The problem is that in my linux machine the user was something like /home/xxxx/ and in RPi the user is /home/pi/. I don't
want to make a new user for the pi machine, but use the pi user as default. Is there an easy way to change the user name inside Mystics config files?

I seem to remember there was a command line option that would let you specify
a different directory to run in, but I'm drawing a blank.

Could you run mystic -cfg on your linux machine and change the paths to
reflect the Pi system before you move it over?

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Hi, i made a BBS into my Ubuntu machine and now i want to transfer it at
a RaspberryPi. The problem is that in my linux machine the user was something like /home/xxxx/ and in RPi the user is /home/pi/. I don't
want to make a new user for the pi machine, but use the pi user as default. Is there an easy way to change the user name inside Mystics config files?

I used a hex editor to edit the main .dat file, otherwise Mystic didn't load up and its a lot of work to change manually each file/msg base. :(

Link the old user to the new user dir

old = /home/user
new = /home/pi

link = ln -sv /home/pi /home/user

It will create /home/user as a link to /home/pi

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On 12/11/16, xqtr pondered and said...

a RaspberryPi. The problem is that in my linux machine the user was something like /home/xxxx/ and in RPi the user is /home/pi/. I don't
want to make a new user for the pi machine, but use the pi user as default. Is there an easy way to change the user name inside Mystics config files?

Yes. What your asking (I think) is, is there and easy way to adjust the
system directory paths of an active Mystic system so that it can be moved to
a different directory structure on another computer without too many hassles?

The answer is yes :)

What you would want to do is run ./mystic -path to make the changes you speak of. Then I would follow the steps outlined in the Wiki regards moving a copy
of Mystic from one system to another.

[snip]

"Then run "mystic" again with the -cfg option. Each theme has its own text, menu, and scripts directory so go into the Themes editor and change those directories to match your new directories. Each message base also has its
own message base path which needs to be updated. This can be done all at once by using the Global Message Base Editor.

Note that one pain point is converting over file base directories, meaning
the actual directories where files are stored for each base. These often
have to be manually edited per file base, since those directories are
specific to each base."

[snip]

You will also want to review paths stated in MUTL .ini files you have created to ensure they are correct to :)

Best, Paul

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Thank you all. I will try all methods and reply again.

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On 12/11/16, xqtr said the following...

Hi, i made a BBS into my Ubuntu machine and now i want to transfer it at
a RaspberryPi. The problem is that in my linux machine the user was something like /home/xxxx/ and in RPi the user is /home/pi/. I don't
want to make a new user for the pi machine, but use the pi user as default. Is there an easy way to change the user name inside Mystics config files?

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The normal way to change the paths is: ./mystic -path #in Linux
If that's what you're looking for.
Remember to change the owner as well: sudo chown -R pi:pi /mystic

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