Hi, The problem here is you are using :add rules. These mean "Give the specified access to this group, but take it away from everyone else".
Try changing - *:read,post:,groups=dnewspersonal::personal.*:add *:read:,groups=dnewspersread::personal.*:add to - *:read,post:,groups=dnewspersonal::personal.*:add *:read:,groups=dnewspersread::personal.* Unless I've also got it wrong (add rules aren't trivial), this in combination with the default rule, should result in all authenticated users being able to read and post to all groups excluding personal.*, where group=dnewspersonal can both read and post, and group=dnewspersread can read. A simpler solution is to alter the default rule like this - *:read,post:$lookup$:$lookup$:*,!personal.* And to use the above without any add rules, i.e. - *:read,post:$lookup$:$lookup$:*,!personal.* ... *:read,post:,groups=dnewspersonal::personal.* *:read:,groups=dnewspersread::personal.* - Roydon L. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: netwin.dnews To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 9:26 PM Subject: Access.conf > Please, help me! > My access.conf is: (with ## comments) > > ## DEFAULT RULE > *:logoff:::* > ## Immediately closes a connection from anyone outside our domain > > ## BEGIN MANUAL PART1 - Anything here will be preserved > ## END MANUAL PART1 > > > ## DOMAINS > *:read,post:$lookup$:$lookup$:* > ## Any user that logs in using a username and password from either users.dat > or the operating systems authentication is given access to all groups > 127.0.0.1:read,post:::* > ## Any user that logs in from 127.0.0.1 without using a username and > password is given access to all groups > > > ## PROTECTED GROUPS > *:read,post:,groups=dnewspersonal::personal.*:add > ## if a user is member of specific user group dnewspersonal can access > (read, post) newsgroup personal.* > *:read:,groups=dnewspersread::personal.*:add > ## if a user is member of specific user group dnewspersread can access (read > only) newsgroup personal.* > > ## IHAVE FEEDS > > ## BEGIN MANUAL PART2 - Anything here will be preserved > ## END MANUAL PART2 > > Why doesn't it work? > > I need (private news server) > - to use NT operating system security; > - to have access from localhost (127.0.0.1) without password; > - to permit 2 differents accesses at one newsgroup: a password protected > read,post access; a password protected read only access. > > What is my error? > > Thanks > > >
