SV: Inn database maintion + other question

[Gert Koefoed Andersen]

Bill Davidsen wrote:

> >>> What was now the command to maintion and make some update +
> >>>
> >> run other
> >>
> >>> thing for inn's database and articles.
> >>>
> >>> Done by manually processing.
> >>>
> >>> The other question is:
> >>> Where and how can I make INN to let users free ask for a
> >>>
> >> active group list ?
> >>
> >>> Without use of password and username.
> >>>
> >>> The last is if I shall setting sme up for newsreaders to
> access of
> >>> connections nad where to do this and how doing it.
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Sounds like what you want is an open server with passwords
> on certain
> >> groups, perhaps "*" in your case. I had something like
> that to allow
> >> read access without auth and r/w with, but I don't
> remember how I did
> >> it. Sorry.
> >>
> >>
> > It is not a open server without password I like to do, it
> is only open
> > for request of a list of active groups, and when the user like to
> > connect for the groups and reading the group have there to be both
> > password and username.
> That's kind of what I said, the list of restricted groups is
> "*" (all of them). That allows a few other commands to work,
> like DATE. Actually, I think you can do this just using the
> access file, although you may have to make one group
> available read-only, like "about.this.server" or some such.
> It's been a while since I did it.
>
Ok, like something liek this "ctlinnd newgroup about.this.server" and then
in reader.ctl set this group for read-only to users.

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Regards,
Gert Andersen