talisman.ini Documentation

talisman.ini exists in the bbs root directory. It contains information such as paths and basic system information.

Main Section

• hostname Your publicly visible hostname. (default: localhost)
• telnet port This is the port servo will listen for telnet connections on.
• ssh port This is the port servo will listen for ssh connections, optional.
• gopher port This is the port servo will listen for gopher connections, optional.
• binkp port This is the port servo will listen for binkp connections, optional.
• max nodes The total number of nodes you want to support.
• root menu This is the “main menu”, the first menu shown after login.
• sysop name This is the sysop’s username. It should match the username entered at login for the sysop.
• system name This is your BBS’s name.
• qwk id The QWK id of the system, up to 8 characters, UPPERCASE (default: TALISMAN)
• location Location of the BBS, used in QWK packets. (default: “Somewhere, The World”)
• new user sec level Initial security level of a new user (default: 10)
• new user feedback If a new user is required to leave feedback or not (true / false) (default: false)
• main aka Your main fidonet address (default: 0:0/0.0)
• input background The background colour of input prompts (default: red)
  • Options:
    • black
    • red
    • blue
    • brown
    • green
    • cyan
    • magenta
    • white
• input foreground The foreground colour of input prompts (default: bright white)
  • Options:
    • black
    • red
    • blue
    • brown
    • green
    • cyan
    • magenta
    • white
    • bright black
    • bright red
    • bright blue
    • bright brown
    • bright green
    • bright cyan
    • bright magenta
    • bright white
• Enable IPv6 Enable ipv6 support in servo, true or false. (default: false)
• IP Block Timeout The number of seconds since the first try to reset the counter (default: 300)
• IP Block Attempts The number of attempts that may occur in the timeout specified above, before a block occurs (default: 5)
• Windows Local Echo Whether Talisman will echo the screen on the local console, or just an empty console (speeds things up in some cases - no effect on linux) default: true
• New User Password The password required to sign up to the bbs, default: nothing (disabled)

Paths Section

• gfiles path Path to gfiles (ans/asc files).
• data path Path to data files and data bases.
• menu path Path to menu TOML files.
• message path Path to Squish message bases.
• temp path Path to a temporary directory, drop files are stored here
• log path Path to log file directory, logs placed in here.
• script path Path to lua scripts.
• netmail semaphore Path and filename of a semaphore to modify/create when a netmail is posted.
• echomail semaphore Path and filename of a semaphore to modify/create when a echomail is posted.
• external editor A script or batch file that launches the external editor (is passed a node number and on windows a socket handle also).
• gopher root The root directory served via gopher.