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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!usenet From: Eli Lazich <elazich@mcs.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: NNTP Date: Mon, 25 Dec 1995 00:33:31 -0600 Organization: Eli Lazich & Associates Lines: 33 Message-ID: <30DE45BB.742D@mcs.com> References: <30DBA50F.17B2@zaphod.eli.com> <DK3xMD.BEJ@seeware.DIALix.oz.au> <DK44zJ.CHz@ritz.mordor.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: elazich.pr.mcs.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (Win95; I) Chris Mauritz wrote: > > Mark Hannon (mark@seeware.DIALix.oz.au) wrote: > : Eli Lazich (elazich@zaphod.eli.com) wrote: > : : I have recently installed the NNTP package that shipped with the 2.0.5 > : : release on CD. Everything appears to install OK but whenever I try to > : : access the news server I get errors saying that the server cannot talk > : : to you right now. Also when I try to telnet to port 119 it comes back > : : with a 502 message and says essentially the same thing. > > : Do you have a /usr/local/lib/news/nntp_access file?? > > : : I have configured nntpd to run under inetd.conf, and the nntp entries > : : are in /etc/services. Any ideas on what could be wrong would be > : : appreciated. > > The nntp in the ports directory at ftp.freebsd.org gave me many > strange problems (including bizarre messages to syslog about corrupt > dbm entries or somesuch even though it was linked with cnews' dbz). > I have a newer nntp (nntp.1.5.12.1) that seems to work without problems. > If other people are interested, I could clean up my changes, add a little > documentation and upload it into the ports and/or incoming directory. > > Regards, > > Chris > I'd be VERY interested, thanks. I also recently downloaded INN 1.4 with security patches and can't get it to compile. Does anyone have a config.data that has compiled successfully and if so could I possibly get a copy? Eli