%general-entities; ]> Leafnode is an NNTP server designed for small sites to provide a local USENET spool. Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download size: &leafnode-size; Estimated Disk space required: &leafnode-buildsize; Estimated build time: &leafnode-time; and Create the group and user news, if not present: groupadd news && useradd -g news news Install Leafnode by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var \ --sysconfdir=/etc/news --with-lockfile=/var/lock/fetchnews.lck && make && make install && ldconfig && make update --localstatedir=/var: Change the default spool directory of /usr/var. --sysconfdir=/etc/news: leafnode reads its configuration data from a file called config which will be created in /etc/news to avoid any potential conflict with other packages. make update: Create an initial /etc/news/config.example file, which must be renamed to /etc/news/config. /etc/news/config, /etc/inetd.conf or /etc/xinetd.conf Leafnode may be configured to use inetd by adding an entry to the /etc/inetd.conf file with the following command: echo "nntp stream tcp nowait news /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/leafnode" \ >> /etc/inetd.conf Issue a killall -HUP inetd to reread the changed inetd.conf file. Alternatively, Leafnode may be configured to use xinetd by adding an entry to the /etc/xinetd.conf file with the following command: cat >> /etc/xinetd.conf << "EOF" service nntp { flags = NAMEINARGS NOLIBWRAP socket_type = stream protocol = tcp wait = no user = news server = /usr/sbin/tcpd server_args = /usr/sbin/leafnode instances = 7 per_source = 3 } EOF Issue a killall -HUP xinetd to reread the changed xinetd.conf file. The /etc/news/config file must be edited to reflect the name of the upstream NNTP provider. Copy the example configuration file to /etc/news/config and save the original for reference: cp /etc/news/config.example /etc/news/config Change the server = entry to reflect your news provider. The NNTPSERVER environment variable must be set to 127.0.0.1 to prevent news clients from reading news from the upstream feed, so add the following to /etc/profile or $HOME/.bash_profile: export NNTPSERVER=127.0.0.1 The Leafnode package contains leafnode-version, leafnode, applyfilter, texpire, checkgroups, fetchnews and newsq. leafnode-version prints the leafnode version. leafnode is the NNTP server daemon. applyfilter filters newsgroup articles according to regular expressions. texpire expires old articles and unread groups. checkgroups inserts newsgroup titles into the newsgroup database. fetchnews sends posted articles to and retrieves new articles from an upstream news server. newsq shows articles waiting to be sent upstream.