At 05:05 PM 5/15/01 -0400, you wrote:
>I know it's possible, but since I only have my live DNEWS available I really
>didn't want to screw up a global change.
>
>Version 5.4g5
>
>I have 20 groups, 5000+ users with access to all of the groups.
>All have unique ID's and passwords on a private server.
>I have 1 newsgroup that I want 5000+ users to have access to along with a
>special group of 20 users. Those 20 users I only want to have the ability to
>see and post this one group, but not to have any read or post access to the
>other groups.
>
>Is this possible?
>Do I set up the 20 users in a group or just specify the group they want
>access to? They all will be coming from various domains.
Yes you setup 20 users in a particular usergroup lets call it 'special'
and the newsgroup 'rec.humor'
So in users.dat
bob:password:none:None:Mr Bob:special
...
And in access.conf you add near the end this rule.
*:read,post:,groups=special::!*,rec.humor
Note there is no ':add' or ':addonly' in this case, the 'add' would
affect users not in this group. 'addonly' would probably work fine but
isn't needed.
ChrisP.
