Anyone using this?? I have changed the lines that need to be changed, and am getting a Syntax error Unterminated quoted string, I can't seem to find the string that is wrong.. Anyone else come across this?


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On 07 Feb 2026, Bucko said the following...

Anyone using this?? I have changed the lines that need to be changed,
and am getting a Syntax error Unterminated quoted string, I can't seem
to find the string that is wrong.. Anyone else come across this?

I'm using it for DoorParty. Can't really tell what's wrong without seeing it, though.

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Anyone using this?? I have changed the lines that need to be changed,
and am getting a Syntax error Unterminated quoted string, I can't seem
to find the string that is wrong.. Anyone else come across this?

LOL - I had to go check if I was using it... and looks like I *was* at some point; what was I thinking??!?!? Muahahahahaa.

At any rate, I think we'd need to know WHERE yours is failing... its just some code issue...

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cat connect.mps
(*
Connect.mps
Toggles SyncTerm Mouse Support / Allows Copy/Paste in SyncTerm
*)

Begin
(*
writeLn('')
writeln('|CL')
writeln('tHIS bbS iS a pRIVATe sYSTeM fOr 2o fOr beeRS mEMBERS.')
writeln('aLL dATA tHAT iS rECEIVeD iS aSSUMED wITHIN dA pUBLIC dOMAIN.') writeln('uSERS aRE n0T aUTHORiZED tO dIVULGE aNY iNFORMATioN gAINED fROM') writeln('tHIS sYSTeM tO aNY gOVERNMENT oR laW eNFORCeMeNT aGENCY oR eMPLOYee.') writeln('')
writeln('')
writeln('')
writeln('1F yOU aRE a MEMB3R oF *aNee* laW eNFORCEMeNT aGENCY, yOU *mU$T* lOGoFF')
writeln('n0W, dISCL0SE tHAT yOU aRE a m3MB3R - *&* fUCK-oFF iMMEDiATLi!!!') writeln('')
writeln('iF y0U rRR a MEMBER oF *aNY* l4W eNFORCEMeNT aGENCY, yOU *mUST* l0GoFF')
writeln('nOW, d1SCLoSE +HAT y0U aRE a mEMB4R - aND f00K-oFF iMMEDiATLY!!!') writeln('')
writeln('')
writeln('')
writeln('-F yOU 4RE a MEMBER oF *aNY* laW eNFORCEMiNT aG3NCY, yOU *mUST* lOGoFF')
writeln('n0W, dISCL0SE tH4T yOU aRE a M3MBER - aND f--K-oFF iMMEDi4TLY!!!') writeln('')
writeln('')
writeln('1F yOU aRE 4 MEMB3R 0F *aNE* laW eNFORCEFUcK Y0UNCY, yOU *mUST* lOGoFF')
writeln('nOW, d1SCLoSE tH4T yOU aRE a m3MBeR - eND fUCK-0FF iMM3DiATLee!!!') writeln('')
writeln('')
writeln('')
writeln('iF yOU aGREE tO tHE aBOVE, yOU mAY pRESS [eNTeR].')
writeln('')
writeln('')
writeln('|PE|CL')
*)
clrscr
End
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
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On 08 Feb 2026, maskreet said the following...

I'm using it for DoorParty. Can't really tell what's wrong without
seeing it, though.

My apologies, I knew I was forgetting something! LOL

Here is the code, it is right when the user connects and it is trying to create an account

If AutoCreate Then Begin Var Cmd : String = 'mystic -newuser handle="' + UserLoginName + '" "pass=' + UserLoginPW + '"';

That is the line the issue is in, this is the error:

/bin/sh: 1: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted String.. If i create an account it works as it is supposed to..

Thanks for the help...


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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Wrong Number ][ (21:4/131)

After reading this file again, it has to be somewhere in this section,

If (Security > 0) and (Security < 250) Then
Cmd := Cmd + ' level=' + Int2Str(Security);
If StartMenu <> '' Then
Cmd := Cmd + ' menu=' + StartMenu;
If OSType = 1 or OSType = 2 Then
Cmd := './' + Cmd + ' /dev/null 2>&1';
SysopLog ('Auto creating user via RLOGIN: ' + UserLoginName);

I don't understand MPL so I am lost with this...


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On 09 Feb 2026, Bucko said the following...

After reading this file again, it has to be somewhere in this section,

If (Security > 0) and (Security < 250) Then
Cmd := Cmd + ' level=' + Int2Str(Security);
If StartMenu <> '' Then
Cmd := Cmd + ' menu=' + StartMenu;
If OSType = 1 or OSType = 2 Then
Cmd := './' + Cmd + ' /dev/null 2>&1';
SysopLog ('Auto creating user via RLOGIN: ' + UserLoginName);

I don't understand MPL so I am lost with this...

Copy and paste it in pastebin.com, post the link here and I'll look at the whole thing.

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On 09 Feb 2026, maskreet said the following...

Copy and paste it in pastebin.com, post the link here and I'll look at
the whole thing.

I will.. I appreciate the help.. I am just playing around with it at the moment looking to see if it is worth my moving my 300 doors over to it.. We'll see...

https://pastebin.com/HaAUqcBj

Thanks again...


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On 09 Feb 2026, Bucko said the following...

On 09 Feb 2026, maskreet said the following...

Copy and paste it in pastebin.com, post the link here and I'll look a the whole thing.

I will.. I appreciate the help.. I am just playing around with it at the moment looking to see if it is worth my moving my 300 doors over to it.. We'll see...

https://pastebin.com/HaAUqcBj

Thanks again...

I looked through the whole file, couldn't see any issues at all. What does mplc say when you compile it? Normally if you have an error in an MPL script, mplc will catch it and refuse to compile it, so I'm not sure how that error snuck in after compile.

The other thing is, and I had to modify mine to account for this, does the password for the autocreated account have a double quote in it? Because that would do the whole "mplc worked when compiling, but the script as it's written doesn't account for password double quotes and will throw an error and shorten the password after the double quotes" thing.

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* Origin: throwbackbbs.com -\- meriden, ct -\- (21:1/114)

On 10 Feb 2026, maskreet said the following...

I looked through the whole file, couldn't see any issues at all. What
does mplc say when you compile it? Normally if you have an error in an
MPL script, mplc will catch it and refuse to compile it, so I'm not sure how that error snuck in after compile.

The other thing is, and I had to modify mine to account for this, does
the password for the autocreated account have a double quote in it? Because that would do the whole "mplc worked when compiling, but the script as it's written doesn't account for password double quotes and
will throw an error and shorten the password after the double quotes" thing.

Well I am glad I am not going crazy.. MPLC says it is fine. Compiles ok.. There are no quotes in the password, just letters.. I am at a total loss with this.. Appreciate all the help you ahve given me...


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Maybe I am doing this wrong.. I just tested again changing the minimum password requirement to 2. Now I don't get an error at all... As I said maybe I am wrong here, I was under the impression that I would rename the file to connect.mps then compile. Now I am not seeing that in the docs. Am I supposed to do anything with the file like add it into the prompts section or whatnot? Thanks again...


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I looked through the whole file, couldn't see any issues at all. What
does mplc say when you compile it? Normally if you have an error in an
MPL script, mplc will catch it and refuse to compile it, so I'm not sure how that error snuck in after compile.

Thats what I thought, too... I couldn't see any issues with the code that was pasted???



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Disregard my last message.. I got a lot further with this. It's all a config issue at this point.. What is happening is the account IS being created. Reading the logfile the connect.mpx is being run and it completes fine. It sets the menu to doors which is the default start menu BUT it is giving me a Bad password for the user. Plus it is setting the user handle in all caps not sure if that matters.. Looks like everything is right but it goes to the login prompt instead of logging the user in. Again thanks for all the help to both you Maskreet and Paulie!!


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On 10 Feb 2026, Bucko said the following...

Disregard my last message.. I got a lot further with this. It's all a config issue at this point.. What is happening is the account IS being created. Reading the logfile the connect.mpx is being run and it
completes fine. It sets the menu to doors which is the default start
menu BUT it is giving me a Bad password for the user. Plus it is setting the user handle in all caps not sure if that matters.. Looks like everything is right but it goes to the login prompt instead of logging
the user in. Again thanks for all the help to both you Maskreet and Paulie!!

Yeah, it'll default to the login prompt if the user's password doesn't validate, just so the user can login after a bad password.

I believe the all caps user name would be if the RLogin user name is set that way. It just takes what's set in the terminal for login.

Do another pastebin of a new account creation and disconnect then login again of that same user from the log files so I can see what's happening.

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On 10 Feb 2026, maskreet said the following...

Yeah, it'll default to the login prompt if the user's password doesn't validate, just so the user can login after a bad password.

I believe the all caps user name would be if the RLogin user name is set that way. It just takes what's set in the terminal for login.

Do another pastebin of a new account creation and disconnect then login

https://pastebin.com/Fr2AXx5V

That's the pastebin of the log and you can see the username is all caps, I have changed it in the new user config section to as typed, and it still does all caps not sure why. BUT the main reason it doesn't work? The password is getting corrupt. Not sure why this is happening. You saw the file.. I have tried a few different ways of setting the password, the passthrough commands USER with the @ around it and the same with PASS I have entered a base password and still this happens, IF i set the password to 1 or 2 characters I get no error and the account gets created BUT it still drops me at the login prompt. If the account gets created the next time I try to access the setup it goes straight to the doors menu which I have set as the default menu. Thanks again!!


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Disregard my last message.. I got a lot further with this. It's all a config issue at this point.. What is happening is the account IS being created. Reading the logfile the connect.mpx is being run and it
completes fine. It sets the menu to doors which is the default start
menu BUT it is giving me a Bad password for the user. Plus it is setting the user handle in all caps not sure if that matters.. Looks like everything is right but it goes to the login prompt instead of logging
the user in. Again thanks for all the help to both you Maskreet and Paulie!!

I'm glad you at least got the CODE part running correctly - I know theres a couple people who use or have used Mystic as their front-end for door game networks; but most switch over to Synchronet, I assume b/c it works much nicer???

At any rate, coolio bucko!



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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
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On 11 Feb 2026, paulie420 said the following...

I'm glad you at least got the CODE part running correctly - I know
theres a couple people who use or have used Mystic as their front-end
for door game networks; but most switch over to Synchronet, I assume b/c it works much nicer???

Well actually it worked a few times last night, now it is back to giving the error and not creating the account.. From what I just posted on pastebin the password is getting corrupt on creation and that is causing the issues... I am going to try having it set up via SSH and if that works, I am going to use it that way if I go this route..


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Sorry to keep spewing here. It's definitely the password getting corrupt. I just changed the password to a lower case password and it accepted hte user and sent it to the correct menu. Still can't figure out why it is not accepting lower case handles though, but that will be the next fight I play with... Jeez...


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Welp I am learning... ChatGPT is my friend.. LOL The username will be in caps according to ChatGPT because of Linux, it only transfers in caps, if I were using Windows it would transfer in lower case. The Password though is the weird thing. I am assuming that because it is encoded that that has to be the reason I am getting the corruption in the log file. If I update the password to a lowercase password, I can login with no issues and go to the correct menu. Since I can't view how the password is saved I am just assuming it is corrupt.

I am not so sure this is all worth it at this point.. The reason I started this trek was because I am trying to do away with all of my Windows machines, and moving my Door Server over to Mystic in Linux with DOSEmu sounded like a good thing at the time, because Mystic for me is much more configurable and I can do things with Mystic that I find much more difficult on other BBS programs. Now this trek might not make a lot of sense with all of these issues.. My Door Server runs on Synchronet with WIndows 10 32bit. It works, and works well. I am starting to believe this set up is not ready for prime time. I am going to try setting it up on Mystic A49 to see if that corrects any of these issues. If it does, maybe I will continue this trek. If not I will think it over..

Just wanted to say thank you to all that reached out to help..


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