On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 g.lams at itcilo.it wrote:
> No problem,
> You will find below the commands need to add a newsgroup (have a look at
> the man page of ctlinnd, you will need to manage your news server)
> /usr/local/news/bin/ctlinnd pause "modification of active file"
> /usr/local/news/bin/ctlinnd newgroup $newsgroup_name
> /usr/local/news/bin/ctlinnd reload active "reload active file"
> /usr/local/news/bin/ctlinnd go "modification of active file"
I don't think you'll have to pause the server to add a group using ctlinnd
newgroup. However if you wish to manually add an entry to the active file
(with vi or something) you do have to pause and reload the active file.
Cheers,
Tommy
>
> As Jeffrey said, you'd better use a newer version: there is no rpm for
> 2.4.0 when I checked one month ago, so I downloaded the code and compile
> it.
> Also read the install document, it's really well written.
>
> Gael
>
> Hello Gael,
>
> Thank you for your responded. Yes I did googling and foung the link that
> you send to me. Here is my
>
> incoming.conf:
>
> streaming: true # streaming allowed by default
> max-connections: 8 # per feed
>
> peer ME {
> hostname: "localhost, 127.0.0.1"
> }
>
> Here is what I did to creat newgroup called: foo
>
> ctlinnd newgroup foo
>
> The access news from outlook express, but it is empty.
>
> Also, under Redhat linux news account path is: /var/spool/news and in it
> has:
>
> drwxr-xr-x 2 news news 4096 Jul 24 2001 archive
> drwxr-xr-x 2 news news 4096 Jul 24 2001 articles
> drwxr-xr-x 2 news news 4096 Nov 12 12:44 db
> drwxr-xr-x 3 news news 4096 Mar 28 2002 incoming
> drwxr-xr-x 2 news news 4096 Jul 24 2001 innfeed
> drwxr-xr-x 2 news news 4096 Jul 24 2001 outgoing
> drwxr-xr-x 3 news news 4096 Nov 13 11:15 overview
>
> db dir is creating manualy and under neat I have hisrtory file, but no
> active.
>
> Can you help on the active file?
>
> Thank you for your time.
>
> C-
>
>
> > Hi
> > I think that if you just want local groups, you only need to have the
> > following rows in incoming.conf:
> > peer ME {
> > hostname: "localhost, 127.0.0.1"
> > }
> >
> > see link below:
> > http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/faqs/inn.html#S6.1
> >
> >>> However, I could have not able to to see the newsgroup list that I
> > created on my server
> >
> > I'm not sure what you mean:. If it's a new server and you didn't change
> > the active file, only the newsgroups you've created exist (have a look
> at
> > db/active)
> >
> > Gael
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I am a newbie here and please just easy on me. I am trying to setup a
> > newsgroup for local users to use: ie: post and read, but does not have
> to
> > pull any news from another group. However, I could have not able to to
> see
> > the newsgroup list that I created on my server. Any help where to start
> or
> > what files do I need to changes or post out please let me know.
> >
> > Here is my server info:
> >
> > Redhat 7.2 kernel: 2.4.7-10
> >
> > Innd came with redhat: version inn-2.3.2-5
> >
> > Any help I can get appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > C-
>
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