From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 27 20:55:03 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id UAA18539 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 27 Jun 1995 20:55:03 -0700 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id UAA18530 for ; Tue, 27 Jun 1995 20:54:59 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id NAA19513; Wed, 28 Jun 1995 13:24:58 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199506280354.NAA19513@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: The news packages To: wolperte@knox.pcec.philips.com (ED WOLPERT) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 13:24:58 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <9506271640.AA25813@eis16.philips.com> from "ED WOLPERT" at Jun 27, 95 12:40:20 pm Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1621 Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk ED WOLPERT stands accused of saying: > I'm started up a news server on my Freebsd box (2.0.5) and > rather than compile it myself, I added the packages from the 2.0.5 > release. What I'm wondering is how should I start configuring it. In > a sense, I'd almost be more comfortable with starting from scratch, > since the install scripts take some (not all) of the headache > away. Has anyone used the news packages? (Cnews, nntp and inn) If so, > where did you begin in the configuration? Firstly, remove Cnews and NNTP. INN does everything you want. INN is usually easier to install when you've compiled it yourself, but regardless, find where it's installed its config files, and read the manual pages for each file. There's also a _very_ helpful Install.1 file that comes with the INN distribution; I hope that it gets installed somewhere in /usr/share, but can't check at the moment. Failing this, grab an INN source distribution and extract it from there. Basically, you'll have to obtain an active file, write your newsfeeds file (that's the hardest part), and frob a couple of other files to suit your preferences. The Install file discusses which fall into which categories. > Edward Wolpert -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[