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+#! /bin/bash
+
+# put this in /opt/xerocole/start-bbs.sh
+# make sure it's executable
+# set it up in crontab
+#   @reboot /opt/xerocole/start-bbs.sh
+
+ulimit -n 200000
+cd /opt/xerocole/answerx
+/opt/xerocole/answerx/startStop checkconfig answerx
+/opt/xerocole/answerx/startStop start answerx
+cd /opt/xerocole/namecontrols
+nohup /opt/xerocole/namecontrols/broadbandshield &
+nohup socat TCP-LISTEN:80,bind=0.0.0.0,fork TCP4:127.0.0.1:8018 &