%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/leafnode \ --with-lockfile=/var/lock/leafnode/fetchnews.lck && make && make install --localstatedir=/var: Change the default spool directory of /usr/var. --sysconfdir=/etc/leafnode: Leafnode reads its configuration data from a file called config which will be created in /etc/leafnode to avoid any potential conflict with other packages. make update: Run this command if you are upgrading from a very old version of Leafnode. /etc/leafnode/config, /etc/xinetd.conf or /etc/inetd.conf The /etc/leafnode/config file must be edited to reflect the name of the upstream NNTP provider. Copy the example configuration file to /etc/leafnode/config and save the original for reference: cp /etc/leafnode/config.example /etc/leafnode/config Change the server = entry to reflect your news provider. The /etc/nntpserver file must contain 127.0.0.1 to prevent news clients from reading news from the upstream feed. Create this file using the following command: cat > /etc/nntpserver << "EOF" 127.0.0.1 EOF The /etc/rc.d/init.d/cleanfs script, part of the LFS bootscript package, will remove the /var/lock/leafnode directory during the system boot sequence. Install the following line in the /etc/sysconfig/createfiles file to re-create the directory: /var/lock/leafnode dir 2775 news news 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. Add entries to the root or news user's crontab to run the fetchnews and texpire commands at the desired time intervals. 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.