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> From: Vic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 10:01 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [expert] News server setup?
>
>
> I wonder, I must have slipped up somewhere, because
> when I went to install innd and innd-devel,
> I tried to read news off of my localhost and
> it asked for a username and password and
> (doing this with netscape newsreader)
> it would not accept it.
to read from your localhost you would edit your /etc/news/nnrp.access
file ( or whereever you've located your config files for the news
server.
The line your concerned with would be:
localhost:Read Post:::* (to allow from localhost)
192.168.1.1:Read Post:::* (to allow from this IP)
*.*:Read Post:::* (to allow from everywhere)
The above do not ask for passwords.
>
> So I am beginning to think that somewhere,
> the setup files are terribly misconfigged
> by some lazy idiot who did not care if innd
> works or not.
NO! It works just like it's supposed to. The default is to disallow
until allowed. Its up to you to enable it.
>
> I looked on www.mandrakeuser.org and there is
> notthing listed, Altavista did not show shintola,
> and the man page was incomprehensible.
I agree information is geared toward seasoned USNET administrators. But
there are an abundance of whitepapers FAQ's and books on INN and USNET
servers in general. Start here:
http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Elena.Samsonova/unix/INN/v2.3/cookbook.htm
l
then go here:
http://www.blank.org/innfaq/
the here:
http://www.visi.com/~barr/INN.html
That should get ya started ;)
>
> I only want a few groups like maybe 1 or 2
> so this is not going to take up a whole buttload
> of drive space as would say all the alt groups.
You'll have to have someone provide you a news feed to get this. Then
you'll have to config your /etc/news/newsfeeds file ( or wherever you've
located it during install. Setting this up is way beyond the scope of
this email. And feeds are expensive in my opinion.
I really think running INN is way overkill for 2 groups or so. You may
wanna check freshmeat for suck, leafnode and the like. However, if ya
just wanna learn or just plain want to do a few "private newsgroups" on
your own server then read on.
After you edit you nnrp.access file and edit your innn.conf file you'll
need to make some groups if you want a few private groups on your
machine. Using the ctlinnd command. From a root prompt issue ctlinnd -h
to view what commands there are. To make a new group type
ctlinnd newgroup testgroup.local
In this example we would have created the newsgroup testgroup.local for
our private local newsserver.
Anyway, that should get ya started. I hope I didn't leave anything out.
I did this off the top of my head. There is so much more to this for a
full time INN implementation. But for a localized version of INN this
should be enought to get ya going on "private newsgroups". No feeds or
anything just local newsgroups on the local server. Make sure in the
nnrp.access file you don't open your INN up to anyone outside of your
localhost or local network when ya do this. Also you won't be able to
cross post to newsgroups out on the internet from your local groups.
Enjoy.
>
> Anyone here know of a utility that I can use
> to setup the feed or where I need to draw the
> feed from?
Any full-service ISP can provide a feed to you. There are many companies
who do nothing more than sell news feeds. Like I stated before they can
be quite expensive. Hardware wise and bandwidthwise
>
> I don't even know what all that junk in the
> config files means.
And this is primarily why the default installation doesnt allow
anything. Most dont have a clue as to what the consequences are of
running a news server.
My advice is purchase these books
"Managing Usenet" ISBN# 1565921984
"DNS and Bind,3rd Ed." ISBN# 1565925122
"Sendmail (Nutshell)" ISBN# 1565922220 <-The Bat Book
And read as much on the net as you can about INN and USENET as you can.
>
> Many thanks
>
Your welcome,
Scott Kindley
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