Topic 5: Shared configuration files for news servers
STATE: APPROVAL
The following policy has been suggested on debian-policy and will become
official unless someone objects:
News system configuration
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All the configuration files related to the NNTP (news) servers and
clients should be located under /etc/news. If any package has a
large number of configuration files, (like, for example, inn does),
then a package specific subdirectory under /etc/news should be used
(example: /etc/news/suck or /etc/news/inn). If only one or two
files are required, you may use a single file (example:
/etc/news/mnews.conf).
There are some configuration issues that apply to a number of
news cliens and server packages on the machine, and these
configuration values should be kept directly under /etc/news;
specifically,
/etc/news/organization: A string wich shall appear as the
organization header for all messages posted
by NNTP clients on the machine
/etc/news/server: Contains the FQDN of the upstream NNTP
server, or localhost if the local machine
is an NNTP server.
Other global files may be added as required for cross-package news
configuration.
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