Date: Tue, 11 Apr 1995 13:28:34 -0700 From: Gary Palmer (FreeBSD/ARM Team) <gpalmer@freefall.cdrom.com> To: Plyaskin Sergey <splyaski@cmp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: INN setup. Message-ID: <4557.797632114@freefall.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 11 Apr 95 15:13:00 PDT." <2F8AFEFB@mailgate.cmp.com>
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In message <2F8AFEFB@mailgate.cmp.com>, Plyaskin Sergey writes: >I need to set up news feed so the users could get news from my FreeBSD box. >I have heard of INN being available right out of the box. However, I have no >idea about how to start. Someone please help me. What should I do first and >where to get some documentation? The best place to start (assuming you have a post 2.0 system) is the INN system in the ports collection. (ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/ports/news/inn/). I am running this at home without problem. There is plenty of docs on how to set up innd inside the tarball. Advanced stuff isn't covered in as much detail as I'd like sometimes tho. >We already have INN running on the larger HP 9000/807 box getting news from >the outside world. If there's a way to get news from this machine, that >would be nice because the FreeBSD box does not have DNS running, and this >will complicate setup. thanks a bunch in advance for any info. Err? You don't need DNS for newsfeeds. USENET news was designed origionally for point-to-point UUCP feeds! All you really need are entries in /etc/hosts for your feed sites. Also, you could see if you can make the HP box provide you with a nntpxmit feed (again see in the source code for the manuals/instructions), which would have to be reciprocal for outgoing news to propogate to the world. Drop me a line if you have any more questions. Gary
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