"L.V.Gandhi" proclaimed:
> Sudhakar Chandra wrote:
> > installation of leafnode only allows you to connect to the news proxy
> > through localhost and not the actual name of the machine. Try:
> >
> > slrn -C -h localhost
> I got
> [lvgandhi@lvghomepc] ~$ slrn -C -h localhost
> slrn 0.9.6.2 (Feb 7 2000 16:09:52)
>
> Reading startup file /usr/lib/slrn/slrn.rc.
> Reading startup file /home/lvgandhi/.slrnrc.
> Using newsrc file .jnewsrc for server localhost.
> Connecting to host localhost ...localhost: Unknown host.
> slrn fatal error:
> Failed to initialize server.
Make sure that the following line is in your /etc/hosts file:
127.0.0.1 localhost
> > Also, run nmap against localhost to see if leafnode is listening in the
> > NNTP port.
> I saw nntp port is open. But how to know that leafnode is listening to
> it.
telnet to port 119 like so:
$ telnet localhost 119
> > You can use slrn to get such a listing of the newsgroups. Do the
> > following:
> >
> > slrn -C -h news.dfn.cis.de -f ~/.jnewsrc-news.dfn.cis.de -create
> >
> > The list of newsgroups will be retrieved and stored as
> > ~/.jnewsrc-news.dfn.cis.de
> The news server needs username and password. How to send the data in the
> command line or any file.
Add the following to your ~/.slrnc :
server "news.dfn.cis.de" ".jnewsrc-news.dfn.cis.de"
nnrpaccess "news.dfn.cis.de" "your_username" "your_passowrd"
S.
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he'll get nailed by a U.S. nuclear submarine"
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