At 10:59 AM 6/17/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Alright -
>
>I have a local newsgroup server that is running in RH Linux. It has been
>running for about 2 years now, and the machine that it is running on it
>going to retire. I have gone through and setup a duplicate news server on
>the new machine. I made sure I compared the dnews.conf and all seems to be
>going ok. I have also recreated the local newsgroups verbatim that is on
>the old server.
>
>So, I have an old server (current and has messages) and a new server (new
>and with no messages).
>
>Q1) I would like to be able to copy to the content (messages and files) from
>the old server to the new server. How do I do that?
There are two methods.
1) stop dnews on both servers, then copy these directories across (in
binary mode)
spool
history
workarea
(make sure all ownerships are set to 'news')
then start the new system and type in:
tellnews rebuild_index
test it.
2) You can suck the old groups across, I don't recommend this in your
situation as it
would be easy to miss some items or get the numbering wrong.
Both techniques are decribed in more detail in the FAQ.
>Q2) What control file has the license, and can I copy that over as well?
You will probably need a new one, just type in (on the new system)
tellnews key bob
And send the error message and a request for a replacement key to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(and explain the reason as above)
ChrisP.
