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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY leafnode-download-http "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/leafnode/leafnode-&leafnode-version;.rel.tar.bz2">
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8 | <!ENTITY leafnode-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/mirrors/sunsite/system/news/transport/leafnode-&leafnode-version;.rel.tar.bz2">
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9 | <!ENTITY leafnode-md5sum "1d8d27673780ba49fcb69883c2cabdec">
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10 | <!ENTITY leafnode-size "385 KB">
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11 | <!ENTITY leafnode-buildsize "6.3 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY leafnode-time "0.10 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="leafnode" xreflabel="Leafnode-&leafnode-version;">
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16 | <sect1info>
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17 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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18 | <date>$Date$</date>
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19 | </sect1info>
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20 | <?dbhtml filename="leafnode.html"?>
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21 | <title>Leafnode-&leafnode-version;</title>
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22 | <indexterm zone="leafnode">
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23 | <primary sortas="a-Leafnode">Leafnode</primary></indexterm>
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24 |
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25 | <sect2>
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26 | <title>Introduction to <application>Leafnode</application></title>
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27 |
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28 | <para><application>Leafnode</application> is an <acronym>NNTP</acronym>
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29 | server designed for small sites to provide a local USENET spool.</para>
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30 |
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31 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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32 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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33 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP):
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34 | <ulink url="&leafnode-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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35 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP):
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36 | <ulink url="&leafnode-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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37 | <listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &leafnode-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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38 | <listitem><para>Download size: &leafnode-size;</para></listitem>
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39 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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40 | &leafnode-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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41 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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42 | &leafnode-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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43 | </sect3>
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44 |
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45 | <sect3><title><application>Leafnode</application> dependencies</title>
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46 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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47 | <para><xref linkend="pcre"/> and <xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/></para>
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48 | </sect4>
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49 |
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50 | <sect4><title>Recommended</title>
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51 | <para><xref linkend="xinetd"/> and <xref linkend="fcron"/></para>
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52 | </sect4>
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53 | </sect3>
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54 |
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55 | </sect2>
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56 |
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57 | <sect2>
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58 | <title>Installation of <application>Leafnode</application></title>
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59 |
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60 | <para>Create the group and user news, if not present:</para>
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61 |
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62 | <screen><userinput><command>groupadd news &&
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63 | useradd -c "Leafnode News Server" -d /var/spool/news -g news news</command></userinput></screen>
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64 |
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65 | <para>Install <application>Leafnode</application> by running the following
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66 | commands:</para>
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67 |
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68 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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69 | --localstatedir=/var --sysconfdir=/etc/leafnode \
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70 | --with-lockfile=/var/lock/leafnode/fetchnews.lck &&
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71 | make</command></userinput></screen>
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72 |
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73 | <para>Now, as the root user:</para>
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74 |
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75 | <screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install</command></userinput></screen>
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76 |
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77 | </sect2>
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78 |
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79 | <sect2>
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80 | <title>Installation command explanations</title>
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81 |
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82 | <para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var</parameter>: Change the default
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83 | spool directory of <filename class="directory">/usr/var</filename>.</para>
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84 |
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85 | <para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/leafnode</parameter>:
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86 | <application>Leafnode</application> reads its configuration data from a file
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87 | called <filename>config</filename> which will be created in
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88 | <filename class="directory">/etc/leafnode</filename> to
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89 | avoid any potential conflict with other packages.</para>
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90 |
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91 | <para><command>make update</command>: Run this command if you are upgrading
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92 | from a very old version of <application>Leafnode</application>.</para>
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93 |
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94 | </sect2>
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95 |
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96 | <sect2>
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97 | <title>Configuring <application>Leafnode</application></title>
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98 |
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99 | <sect3 id="leafnode-config"><title>Config files</title>
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100 | <para><filename>/etc/leafnode/config</filename>,
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101 | <filename>/etc/nntpserver</filename>,
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102 | <filename>/etc/xinetd.conf</filename> or
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103 | <filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename> and
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104 | <filename>/etc/sysconfig/createfiles</filename></para>
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105 | <indexterm zone="leafnode leafnode-config">
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106 | <primary sortas="e-etc-leafnode-config">/etc/leafnode/config</primary>
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107 | </indexterm>
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108 | <indexterm zone="leafnode leafnode-config">
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109 | <primary sortas="e-etc-nntpserver">/etc/nntpserver</primary></indexterm>
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110 | <indexterm zone="leafnode leafnode-config">
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111 | <primary sortas="e-etc-xinetd.conf">/etc/xinetd.conf</primary></indexterm>
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112 | <indexterm zone="leafnode leafnode-config">
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113 | <primary sortas="e-etc-inetd.conf">/etc/inetd.conf</primary></indexterm>
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114 | <indexterm zone="leafnode leafnode-config"><primary
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115 | sortas="e-etc-sysconfig-createfiles">/etc/sysconfig/createfiles</primary>
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116 | </indexterm>
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117 | </sect3>
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118 |
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119 | <sect3><title>Configuration commands</title>
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120 |
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121 | <para>The <filename>/etc/leafnode/config</filename> file must be
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122 | edited to reflect the name of the upstream <acronym>NNTP</acronym>
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123 | provider. Copy the example configuration file to
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124 | <filename>/etc/leafnode/config</filename> and save the original for
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125 | reference:</para>
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126 |
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127 | <screen><userinput><command>cp /etc/leafnode/config.example /etc/leafnode/config</command></userinput></screen>
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128 |
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129 | <para>Change the
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130 | <screen><userinput>server = </userinput></screen>
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131 | entry to reflect your news provider.</para>
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132 |
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133 | <para>The <filename>/etc/nntpserver</filename> file must contain 127.0.0.1 to
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134 | prevent news clients from reading news from the upstream feed. Create this
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135 | file using the following command:</para>
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136 |
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137 | <screen><userinput><command>cat > /etc/nntpserver << "EOF"</command>
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138 | 127.0.0.1
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139 |
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140 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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141 |
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142 | <para>The <command>/etc/rc.d/init.d/cleanfs</command> script, part of the
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143 | <acronym>LFS</acronym> bootscript package, will remove the
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144 | <filename class="directory">/var/lock/leafnode</filename> directory during
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145 | the system boot sequence. Install the following line in the
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146 | <filename>/etc/sysconfig/createfiles</filename> file to re-create the
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147 | directory:</para>
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148 |
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149 | <screen><userinput>/var/lock/leafnode dir 2775 news news</userinput></screen>
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150 |
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151 | <para><application>Leafnode</application> may be configured to use
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152 | <command>inetd</command> by adding an entry to the
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153 | <filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename> file with the following
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154 | command:</para>
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155 |
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156 | <screen><userinput><command>echo "nntp stream tcp nowait news /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/leafnode" \
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157 | >> /etc/inetd.conf</command></userinput></screen>
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158 |
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159 | <para>Issue a <command>killall -HUP inetd</command> to reread the
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160 | changed <filename>inetd.conf</filename> file.</para>
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161 |
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162 | <para>Alternatively, <application>Leafnode</application> may be configured to
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163 | use <command>xinetd</command> by adding an entry to the
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164 | <filename>/etc/xinetd.conf</filename> file with the following command:</para>
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165 |
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166 | <screen><userinput><command>cat >> /etc/xinetd.conf << "EOF"</command>
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167 | service nntp
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168 | {
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169 | flags = NAMEINARGS NOLIBWRAP
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170 | socket_type = stream
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171 | protocol = tcp
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172 | wait = no
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173 | user = news
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174 | server = /usr/sbin/tcpd
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175 | server_args = /usr/sbin/leafnode
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176 | instances = 7
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177 | per_source = 3
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178 | }
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179 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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180 |
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181 | <para>Issue a <command>killall -HUP xinetd</command> to reread the
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182 | changed <filename>xinetd.conf</filename> file.</para>
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183 |
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184 | <para>Add entries to the root or news user's crontab to run the
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185 | <command>fetchnews</command> and <command>texpire</command> commands at the
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186 | desired time intervals.</para>
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187 |
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188 | </sect3>
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189 |
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190 | </sect2>
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191 |
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192 | <sect2>
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193 | <title>Contents</title>
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194 |
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195 | <segmentedlist>
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196 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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197 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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198 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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199 |
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200 | <seglistitem>
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201 | <seg>applyfilter, checkgroups, fetchnews, leafnode, leafnode-version,
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202 | newsq and texpire</seg>
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203 | <seg>None</seg>
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204 | <seg>/etc/leafnode, /var/lock/leafnode and /var/spool/news</seg>
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205 | </seglistitem>
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206 | </segmentedlist>
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207 |
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208 | <variablelist>
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209 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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210 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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211 |
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212 | <varlistentry id="applyfilter">
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213 | <term><command>applyfilter</command></term>
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214 | <listitem><para>filters newsgroup articles according to regular
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215 | expressions.</para>
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216 | <indexterm zone="leafnode applyfilter">
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217 | <primary sortas="b-applyfilter">applyfilter</primary>
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218 | </indexterm></listitem>
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219 | </varlistentry>
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220 |
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221 | <varlistentry id="checkgroups">
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222 | <term><command>checkgroups</command></term>
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223 | <listitem><para>inserts newsgroup titles into the newsgroup database.</para>
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224 | <indexterm zone="leafnode checkgroups">
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225 | <primary sortas="b-checkgroups">checkgroups</primary>
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226 | </indexterm></listitem>
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227 | </varlistentry>
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228 |
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229 | <varlistentry id="fetchnews">
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230 | <term><command>fetchnews</command></term>
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231 | <listitem><para>sends posted articles to and retrieves new articles from an
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232 | upstream news server.</para>
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233 | <indexterm zone="leafnode fetchnews">
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234 | <primary sortas="b-fetchnews">fetchnews</primary>
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235 | </indexterm></listitem>
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236 | </varlistentry>
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237 |
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238 | <varlistentry id="leafnode-prog">
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239 | <term><command>leafnode</command></term>
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240 | <listitem><para>is an <acronym>NNTP</acronym> server daemon.</para>
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241 | <indexterm zone="leafnode leafnode-prog">
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242 | <primary sortas="b-leafnode">leafnode</primary>
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243 | </indexterm></listitem>
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244 | </varlistentry>
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245 |
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246 | <varlistentry id="leafnode-version">
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247 | <term><command>leafnode-version</command></term>
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248 | <listitem><para>prints the <application>Leafnode</application> version.</para>
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249 | <indexterm zone="leafnode leafnode-version">
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250 | <primary sortas="b-leafnode-version">leafnode-version</primary>
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251 | </indexterm></listitem>
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252 | </varlistentry>
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253 |
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254 | <varlistentry id="newsq">
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255 | <term><command>newsq</command></term>
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256 | <listitem><para>shows articles waiting to be sent upstream.</para>
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257 | <indexterm zone="leafnode newsq">
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258 | <primary sortas="b-newsq">newsq</primary>
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259 | </indexterm></listitem>
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260 | </varlistentry>
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261 |
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262 | <varlistentry id="texpire">
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263 | <term><command>texpire</command></term>
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264 | <listitem><para>expires old articles and unread groups.</para>
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265 | <indexterm zone="leafnode texpire">
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266 | <primary sortas="b-texpire">texpire</primary>
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267 | </indexterm></listitem>
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268 | </varlistentry>
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269 | </variablelist>
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270 |
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271 | </sect2>
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272 |
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273 | </sect1>
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