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Date:      Thu, 15 Feb 1996 00:42:25 -0500 (EST)
From:      Brian Tao <taob@io.org>
To:        lray@aurora.liunet.edu
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: INN port problems
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960215003445.24170a-100000@zip.io.org>
In-Reply-To: <96021411175446@aurora.liunet.edu>

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On Wed, 14 Feb 1996 lray@aurora.liunet.edu wrote:
>
> I've installed INN from the port, but I cannot seem to configure it
> correctly.  I keep getting "File exists writing symlinking article file --
> throttling" errors, and even though I tried compiling without MMAP as the
> FAQ suggests, the errors won't go away. 

    Have you tried renumbering your active file to see if that fixes
the problem?  See the ctlinnd command.

> If anyone has a working INN installation and can help me I'd appreciate it.
> I'd like to see a copy of a good config.data file.  If someone could post
> one and/or mail one to me, I'd be greatful.

    The config.data-FreeBSD-2.0 (with one minor addition) from the
inn-1.4unoff3 distribution at ftp.math.psu.edu works very well here.
It was missing _PATH_AUTHDIR, but copying the definition from
config.dist fixed that up.
--
Brian Tao (BT300, taob@io.org)
Systems Administrator, Internex Online Inc.
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"




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