Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 13:02:27 -0600 (CST) From: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com> To: rg@plusnet.de (Richard Gresek) Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: inn: no_space2 Message-ID: <199611141902.NAA25736@brasil.moneng.mei.com> In-Reply-To: <199611132348.AAA16231@gds.de> from "Richard Gresek" at Nov 14, 96 00:47:36 am
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> Hallo, > > thanks for the help I=B4ve got from this list for the installation of > inn. > > Now, inn is up and running and gets his feed. > > But when I try to connect with a news-client from the PC, the PC > gives me the message "503 NNTP server unavailable". > The FreeBSD host says: > > Nov 14 00:42:30 pluto nnrpd[282]: pc1.plusnet.de connect > Nov 14 00:42:30 pluto nnrpd[282]: pc1.plusnet.de internal no_space2 "..." > Nov 14 00:42:30 pluto nnrpd[282]: pc1.plusnet.de internal no_space2 "..." > Nov 14 00:42:30 pluto nnrpd[282]: pc1.plusnet.de cant getgrouplist Undefin= > ed error: 0 > Nov 14 00:42:30 pluto nnrpd[282]: pc1.plusnet.de exit articles0 groups 0 > Nov 14 00:42:30 pluto nnrpd[282]: pc1.plusnet.de times user 0.014 system 0= > .007 elapsed 0.014 (This belongs on news.software.nntp... it has nothing to do with FreeBSD itself.) I would estimate that your active file is messed up. Shut down news. % vi /usr/local/news/active :se list 3b.config 0000000753 0000000715 y$ 3b.misc 0000001069 0000001039 y$ 3b.test 0000002557 0000002495 y$ Make sure there is precisely one space after the group and before the number. Make sure you have enough digits (notice I use 10). Make sure there is precisely one space before and after the second number. Etc. This is not a whitespace tolerant file. That is what the complaint is hinting at. No blank lines allowed. No extra spaces. ... JG
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