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> Support PN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >> Hi All,
> >> I downloaded and installed DNEWS as recommended. I also placed dnewsweb.exe
> >and dnewsweb.ini in a cgi-bin directory. Now what is the next step? I do
> >not know wher to go from here. Your help will be
> >
> >It depends what you are trying to acheive? Are you going to use the
> >news server just for local newsgroups or do you want to host usenet
> >newsgroups on it? If you want to host usenet newsgroups then you'll
> >need to get a newsfeed from someone, http://netwinsite.com/feeds.htm
> >If you only want local newsgroups then the next step is to create the
> >newsgroups.
> > tellnews newgroup local.groupname1 y
> > tellnews newgroup local.groupname2 y
> >If you want to host newsgroups on your web pages then you'll need to
> >configure DNewsweb. You'll probably also want to customise the template
> >files.
> >See this page for information on configuring DNewsweb,
> >http://netwinsite.com/dnews/dnewsweb.htm
> >
> >If you have trouble getting this working the way you want and you can't
> >find the answers in the
> >web manual then let us know where you've gotten stuck and we'll try to
> >help resolve the problem.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Brian
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> >Note: If you are using Dnewsweb version prior to 5.4f3 we recommend
> >you upgrade due to a potential security issue found in those versions.
> >
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> Thanks for replying to my post. The good news is that I got the
> program to work fine on my local test NT server. However, in the real world we will
>be installing DNEWS on another NT box where the newsgroups that we will create will
>be available only to our clien
Yes, you should configure DNews for standalone useage as described on
this page...
http://netwinsite.com/dnews/faq2.htm#2
If all access to the newsgroups will be via your web pages then set up
your access.conf to only allow the access from your web servers (running
DNewsweb)
ip address.
e.g. access.conf
*:logoff:::*
1.2.3.4:read,post:::*
127.0.0.1:read,post:::*
Where 1.2.3.4 is the ip number of your web server.
Then you can set up you web server to require authentication before it
lets people access DNewsweb and in dnewsweb.ini set...
web_login true
require_login true
and it should work.
Alternatively you could use DNews to do the authentication. To do that
use and access.conf and user.dat file something like...
access.conf
-----------------------------------
*:logoff:::*
*:read,post:$lookup$:$lookup$:*
127.0.0.1:read,post:::*
-----------------------------------
users.dat
-----------------------------------
username1:password1:None:*::
username2:password2:None:*::
-----------------------------------
which lets people login from anywhere as long as they authenticate using
one of the username/password combinations in users.dat or the
systems authentication database.
Then in dnewsweb.ini you would set...
require_login true
tellnews_pass xxxxx
where xxxxx is the contents of your tellnews.pass file from the workarea
directory of DNews.
So you can choose either method depending on whether you want your web
server to do the authentication or not.
Let us know if you have any questions.
Regards,
Brian
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Note: If you are using Dnewsweb version prior to 5.4f3 we recommend
you upgrade due to a potential security issue found in those versions.
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Online FAQ -- http://netwinsite.com/dnews/faq.htm
Mailing list archive --
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