[also posted in ARK_MYS]

Hey g00r00, hope you're well.

I think I may have found a bug but wanted to ask you just in case there's a reason why I see what I see and I didn't realise.

I open two connections to my BBS, via SSH and I'm on node#1, via TELNET and
I'm on node#2.

On node#1 my time left says 9718 mins
On node#2 my time left says 9972 mins

By default I give the sysop just 9999 mins per day which I know is insane as there's only 1440 mins in a day, but 9999 feels "l33t" lol.

Anyway, why do I see different amounts of time left per node/connection type? Thanks in advance.

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I think I may have found a bug but wanted to ask you just in case
there's a reason why I see what I see and I didn't realise.

I open two connections to my BBS, via SSH and I'm on node#1, via TELNET and I'm on node#2.

On node#1 my time left says 9718 mins
On node#2 my time left says 9972 mins

I think this might be more of a side effect of how the time system works, not a bug. In 1995 or so I had no consideration that there would be the same user logged into multiple nodes at the same time, so each node's time left operates independant of the other one.

For example: If you log into node 1 with 9000 minutes and wait 10 minutes, you'll have 8990 minutes left node 1. But that time left information isnt saved to the user database until you log off or run an external program. If you then log into node 2 while you're still on node 1, that node will start again with 9000 minutes because the data was never saved. Now you'll have 8990 on node 1 and 9000 on node 2.

A similar thing happens when you log off or run a door. If you log off on node 1 with 8990 minutes left it will be saved. But then if you log off right after that on node 2 with 9000 minutes left, that will be saved and it will overwrite the 8990.

Hope that helps explain. If you think its not that and something else is happening let me know.

By default I give the sysop just 9999 mins per day which I know is
insane as there's only 1440 mins in a day, but 9999 feels "l33t" lol.

You can also turn off the time per day system entirely if you really wanted to but I don't know how that factors into the l33t feels! lol :)

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On 29 Nov 2021, g00r00 said the following...

I think I may have found a bug but wanted to ask you just in case there's a reason why I see what I see and I didn't realise.

I open two connections to my BBS, via SSH and I'm on node#1, via TELN and I'm on node#2.

On node#1 my time left says 9718 mins
On node#2 my time left says 9972 mins

I think this might be more of a side effect of how the time system
works, not a

bug. In 1995 or so I had no consideration that there would be the same user logged into multiple nodes at the same time, so each node's time left operates independant of the other one.

For example: If you log into node 1 with 9000 minutes and wait 10
minutes, you'll have 8990 minutes left node 1. But that time left information isnt saved to the user database until you log off or run an external program. If you then log into node 2 while you're still on
node 1, that node will start again with 9000 minutes because the data
was never saved. Now you'll have 8990

on node 1 and 9000 on node 2.

A similar thing happens when you log off or run a door. If you log off
on node

1 with 8990 minutes left it will be saved. But then if you log off
right after

that on node 2 with 9000 minutes left, that will be saved and it will overwrite

the 8990.

Hope that helps explain. If you think its not that and something else
is happening let me know.

Ah yes, perfect. I just tried from no logins, and connecting twice at the same time, and both logged in "me" had the same time left, so it ties in exactly to what you said above. That puts that to bed I guess then, thanks for the help.

By default I give the sysop just 9999 mins per day which I know is insane as there's only 1440 mins in a day, but 9999 feels "l33t" lol.

You can also turn off the time per day system entirely if you really wanted to but I don't know how that factors into the l33t feels! lol :)

Um, no. I want the time per day system, feels more traditional, and yes the l33t factor is honoured by having it :P

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