[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> I'm using DNews 5.4c3 on WinNT and using NT Domain names/groups
> for all authentication.
> 
> I use only local newsgroups, and want to prevent some users from
> posting to some newsgroups while allowing them to read most of
> them.
> 
> For instance, I an NT user named "user", NT usergroups management
> and programming, and newsgroups customers, managers, release
> and development.
> 
> I want:
> 
> 1.  management to read and post to managers and customers,
> read only release and no access to development.
> 
> 2.  "User" has read & post to customers only, no other newsgroup
> access.
> 
> 3.  Programming has no access to managers, read & post to
> release, development and customers.
> 
> Here's my access.conf that partially works (comments removed), but,
> members of managment do not have access to release, and I'm sure
> other things are not working as I want.
> 
> *:logoff:::*
> *:read,post,:$lookup$:$lookup$:*,!control.*,!*managers*,!*development*,!*release*:
> *:read,post:user::*customers*,!*:add
> *:read:,groups=arg-employees::*release*:add
> *:read,post:,groups=management::*managers*,*release*:add
> *:read,post:,groups=programmers::*development*,*release*:add
> 
> So, how do you make these things work?

Use and access.conf/users.dat configuration something like this...
-------------access.conf--------------
*:logoff:::*
*:read,post:$lookup$:$lookup$:!*
*:read:groups=management::!*,*managers*,*customers*,*release*
*:post:groups=management::!*,*managers*,*customers*
*:read,post:groups=customers::!*,*customers*
*:read,post:groups=programming::!*,*release*,*development*,*customers*
127.0.0.1:read,post:::*
---------------users.dat--------------
manager:password:None:*::management
customer:password:None:*::customers
programmer:password:None:*::programming
-------------------------------------

Of course you can use NT usergroups and users instead of users.dat. 
Just be sure to set 'auth_case true' in dnews.conf.
Let us know if you have any questions.

Regards,
Brian
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