INN `INSTALL' documentation patch
Richard Kettlewell
richard.kettlewell at kewill.com
Tue Nov 9 15:14:30 UTC 1999
Hi,
Here is a patch to INSTALL which clarifies a few points that I felt
were missing while doing an install.
The INN version I have is inn-STABLE_2_2-1999-07-24_03-02 according to
the FreeBSD ports collection.
ttfn/rjk
--- INSTALL.orig Tue Nov 9 15:44:48 1999
+++ INSTALL Tue Nov 9 16:03:24 1999
@@ -352,6 +352,10 @@
is required. Or ihave and sendme cannot get correct
name, then the messages are incorrect.
+ innflags This allows you pass flags to the INN server process
+ when it starts up. If you use the `crosspost' feed
+ (which is recommended) then you must set this to `-L'.
+
2. newsfeeds (REQUIRED)
The newsfeeds file determines how incoming articles are redistributed to
@@ -454,6 +458,21 @@
newsgroup pattern from your ME entry is sufficient; otherwise, set the
newsgroup pattern appropriately. The last line should not be modified.
+ You must also make an entry in innfeed.conf for each outgoing feed.
+ You can get started by adding entries like this:
+
+ peer my-feed.domain.com {
+ }
+
+ If the peer uses a different path stamp to the hostname you send articles
+ to, you must use the `ip-name' key:
+
+ peer my-feed-site.domain.com {
+ ip-name: feedme.domain.com
+ }
+
+ See the man page for innfeed.conf for full details.
+
As for controlchan, this is useful and strongly recommended to setup.
Processing by controlchan can reduce excessive load if many control messages
arrive in a short time. To enable controlchan:
@@ -466,8 +485,19 @@
The incoming.conf file describes what machines are allowed to connect to
your host to feed articles. In previous versions of INN a different
- file (hosts.nntp) was used to do some of what incoming.conf can do. See
- the incoming.conf manpage for more details.
+ file (hosts.nntp) was used to do some of what incoming.conf can do.
+
+ You can get started for a single feed by adding an entry like this:
+
+ peer my-feed-site.domain.com {
+ }
+
+ ..assuming that you will be receiving articles from
+ my-feed-site.domain.com. Note that this doesn't cause remote sites
+ to start feeding you news - it merely allows them to do so if they so
+ choose.
+
+ See the incoming.conf man page for full details.
4. cycbuff.conf (Required only if using the CNFS article storage method)
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