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From: joej@joesmac.ultranet.com (J. T. Judge)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: INND Problems
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 00:42:05 -0500
Organization: Photon Farmers
Lines: 28
Message-ID: <joej-1212950042050001@joesmac.ultranet.com>
References: <30CCB01E.5895264@execu.comshare.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: joesmac.ultranet.com
This is a normal startup problem ... check the INN faq.
Try running the 'makehistory' command to build your history file
(and history.pag and .dir files). I vaguely remember having to
stick an article in place somewhere under /var/spool/news
(just to have an article) ... then doing makehistory. In that
manner, the history file would have an article to put in it's
database :)
- joe
In article <30CCB01E.5895264@execu.comshare.com>, "Patrick S. Roberts
(NTT)" <root@execu.comshare.com> wrote:
> A question I am having problems starting up the INN product that is
> distributed with thew BSDI 2.0.1 CDROM, I have configed all the files
> that were stated in the Lizard book, as well as run inncheck, so that I
> recieve no errors. BUT when I go to start innd, with the line
> /var/news/etc/rc.news it craps out and sends this message to the console
> "innd: ME dbminit /var/news/etc/history file or directory not found."
> or something to that effect.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Patrick S. Roberts (NTT)
> Internet Consultant