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*** 1.50    1994/01/17 14:32:59
--- FAQ-inn.1    1994/03/24 16:59:44
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*** 1,4 ****
! Last Changed: $Id: FAQ-inn.1,v 1.50 1994/01/17 14:32:59 tal Exp $

                    Part 1 of 4

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! Last Changed: $Id: FAQ-inn.1,v 1.65 1994/03/24 16:59:42 tal Exp $

                    Part 1 of 4

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--- 23,29 ----
      Where can I get the latest copy of this FAQ?
      What is INN?
      What machines does it run on?
+     INN must be really complicated since this FAQ is so long!
      Can I run C News with INN?
      Can I run NNTP with INN?
      Can I run the reference implementation (NNTP1.5) with INN?
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*** 31,39 ****
      Does INN implement NOV, xthread (trn) or xuser/xmotd (tin) commands?
      Is an ident or authorization protocol supported?
      Does INN do UUCP batching like C News?
!     Help!?  How do I configure this beast?
!     What can I do if I can't purchase the O'Reiley And
!         Associates book on Managing Usenet?

  SPECIFIC NOTES FOR SPECIFIC OPERATING SYSTEMS:
      AIX tips
--- 32,39 ----
      Does INN implement NOV, xthread (trn) or xuser/xmotd (tin) commands?
      Is an ident or authorization protocol supported?
      Does INN do UUCP batching like C News?
!     Help!  How do I configure this beast?
!     How do I thank the FAQ maintainer?

  SPECIFIC NOTES FOR SPECIFIC OPERATING SYSTEMS:
      AIX tips
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*** 47,52 ****
--- 47,53 ----
      Mac running A/UX 3.0
      NOV problems on a Pyramid
      Warnings to people that must set HAVE_UNIX_DOMAIN to DONT
+     Alpha OSF tips


  The FAQ was written by Rich $alz <[e-mail]> and is now
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--- 109,129 ----
  get file faq-inn-4
  ^D

+ or if you csh and are a total nerd, you can:
+     echo 'get file new-inn.'{1,2,3,4}@ \
+         | tr @ '\012' | mail [e-mail]

+ ...or get a real hobby.
+
+
  ------------------------------

  Subject:  What is INN?

+ For a complete answer, why not read the Usenix paper that introduced
+ INN to the world?  It's available as
+ ftp.uu.net:networking/news/nntp/inn/inn.usenix.ps.Z
+
  InterNetNews is a complete Usenet system.  The cornerstone of the package
  is innd, an NNTP server that multiplexes all I/O.  Think of it as an nntpd
  merged with the B News inews, or as a C News relaynews that reads multiple
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--- 150,169 ----

  ------------------------------

+ Subject:  INN must be really complicated since this FAQ is so long!
+
+ No, it's just that the FAQ is very complete.  Part 2 is so long because
+ it includes a tutorial that tries to turn a beginner into an TCP/IP
+ protocol expert.  Part 3 is long because the FAQ maintainer is
+ constantly trying to add every question ever asked on
+ news.software.nntp.  Maybe someone should volunteer to maintain an
+ index.
+
+ A lot of the material could be integrated into the Install.ms doc.
+
+
+ ------------------------------
+
  Subject:  Can I run C News with INN?

  No.  INN handles all article reception, filing, forwarding, and
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  The authd protocol is added to nnrpd by <[e-mail]>.
  This unsupported patch can be found in
! ftp.geophys.hokudai.ac.jp:/pub/Network/INN/inn1.4/authd-patch-1.3.tar.gz.
  The documentation is in Japanese.  Good luck.

  In a future release, you will be able to log all POST commands with
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  The authd protocol is added to nnrpd by <[e-mail]>.
  This unsupported patch can be found in
! ftp.geophys.hokudai.ac.jp:/pub/network/news/inn/patches/authd-patch-1.3.tar.gz
  The documentation is in Japanese.  Good luck.

  In a future release, you will be able to log all POST commands with
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  ------------------------------

! Subject:  Help!?  How do I configure this beast?

  READ AND FOLLOW THE "Install.ms" FILE.  This FAQ is meant to add to
  what Install.ms says not replace it.

! You should also purchase the O'Reiley And Associates book on Managing
  Usenet to give yourself a good grounding on how to run a site.


  ------------------------------

! Subject:  What can I do if I can't purchase the O'Reiley
!           And Associates book on Managing Usenet?

! Hold a fundraiser?

! Seriously, this document will help you some.  HOWEVER many people have
! thought that the install.ms doc was incomplete but then re-read the
! "First Time Installation" portion and were amazed how much they missed
! (or just plain skipped) the first time.  Personally, I've been a
! newsadmin for too long to be able to know if it would be good for
! beginners. :-)


  ======================================================================
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  ------------------------------

! Subject:  Help!  How do I configure this beast?

  READ AND FOLLOW THE "Install.ms" FILE.  This FAQ is meant to add to
  what Install.ms says not replace it.

! Many people that thought the Install.ms doc was incomplete later
! re-read the "First Time Installation" portion and were amazed how much
! they missed (or just plain skipped) the first time.
!
! You should also purchase the O'Reilly And Associates book on Managing
  Usenet to give yourself a good grounding on how to run a site.


  ------------------------------

! Subject:  How do I thank the FAQ maintainer?

! If you find this document useful, please consider making a donation to
! the maintainer's favorite charity:

!     The Personal Liberty Fund
!     PO Box 11335
!     New Brunswick, NJ 08906-1335
!     USA
!
! The PLF is a legal and educational organization which helps people in
! New Jersey, USA.  They have many on-going projects which range from
! combating youth suicide to legal advocacy.  Their Anti-Violence Project
! runs a phone hotline for reporting gay-bashing which helps hundreds of
! people a year.  The PLF is an all-volunteer organization and couldn't
! survive without donations.  The PLF is recognized by the IRS as a
! 501(c)3 tax-exempt charity.  Donations are tax deductible to the
! fullest extent of the law (U.S. citizens only).  Please write "INN" in
! the memo field of the check.


  ======================================================================
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  different compress programm and change config.data accordingly.
  (from Kurt Jaeger <[e-mail]>)

+ Q:  innwatch doesn't work well from /etc/inittab, does it?
+
+ Q:  Nope.  Instead, you can create a "subsystem" with this command:
+
+ mkssys -s innwatch -p /usr/local/news/bin/innwatch -u news -G news -S -n 15 -f 9
+
+ Note that your path to innwatch may differ, depending on where you
+ decided to install the inn components.  You also need to enter the
+ command as one long line.

+ This will create a subsystem named "innwatch" belonging to an SRC group
+ named "news".  The "-S" means that it uses signals for SRC to tell it
+ when to stop and the "-n" is the SIGTERM signal, for normal shutdown,
+ and the "-f" is the SIGKILL signal, which is sent if the process does
+ not stop within 20 seconds.  Then, modify rc.news to issue the command
+
+     startsrc -s innwatch
+
+ to get innwatch going.  That's it!
+
+ Shane Castle <[e-mail], [e-mail]>
+
+
  ------------------------------

  Subject:  SunOS 4.1.2 tips
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--- 430,438 ----

  Subject:  HP-UX tips

+ Q.  My logs keep telling me there is no space for articles
+ A.  Edit innwatch.ctl to use "bdf" instead of "df".
+
  Q. I am running inn on an HP machine. INN won't start up automatically.
  I can start it manually.  There is no problem with news or INN once
  it is started.
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  with Posix Session Leader concepts.  Ick.  (source: Steve Howie
  <[e-mail]>)

! HP-UX 8.07 users might find a problem with getting innwatch to
! start up.  People have found that having "at" start it seems
! to work more reliably than other methods:

  ${DOINNWATCH} && {
!     echo "su ${NEWSUSER} -c ${INNWATCH}" | /usr/bin/at now +2 minutes
! #    echo "( ( sleep 60 ; ${INNWATCH} ) & )" | su ${NEWSUSER}
  }


  ------------------------------

  Subject:  Pyramid and system's where only root can have "cron" jobs.
--- 448,466 ----
  with Posix Session Leader concepts.  Ick.  (source: Steve Howie
  <[e-mail]>)

! HP-UX 8.x and 9.x users might find a problem with getting innwatch to
! start up.  People have found that having "at" start it seems to work
! more reliably than other methods:

  ${DOINNWATCH} && {
!     echo "${INNWATCH} &" | su ${NEWSUSER} -c 'at now + 2 min' > /dev/null
  }

+ The '&' in the command line prevents innwatch from taking up an at-job
+ slot.  SysV-style crons have a per-category and overall limit on the
+ number of jobs executing simultaneously.

+
  ------------------------------

  Subject:  Pyramid and system's where only root can have "cron" jobs.
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  Don't be fooled.  Just because it compiles doesn't mean it's going to
  work.

!
! ------------------------------

! Subject:  Solaris 2.x special needs

- Under Solaris 2.[012] (SunOS 5.0, 5.1, 5.2) you must add the following
- at the beginning of each file using gethostbyname():

! #define gethostbyname __switch_gethostbyname

! Under Solaris 2.3 you still

  Under Solaris 2.x (where x = 0, 1, 2 or 3) you need to change
  the file "getfqdn.c".  Find the lines that read:
--- 499,524 ----
  Don't be fooled.  Just because it compiles doesn't mean it's going to
  work.

! If you start innd on an AT&T SysV Rel 4.0 machine and get syslog
! messages like:
!     localhost:15 cant setsockopt(SNDBUF) Protocol error
!     localhost:15 cant setsockopt(RCVBUF) Protocol error
! then you should FIRST try to change HAVE_UNIX_DOMAIN to "DONT" in
! config.data.  If that doesn't fix the problem, you should comment out
! the "setsockopt()" calls and things will work.
!
! Many SVR4 for i486 binaries (sendmail, mh, vmail, innd, rnews are now
! on ftp.germany.eu.net in pub/comp/i486/svr4/*.SVR4.tgz But remember
! that some of the above need site specific changes, so their usefulness
! may be limited.

! If your SVR4 system still doesn't run correctly, check the
! Solaris 2.x suggestions.


! ------------------------------

! Subject:  Solaris 2.x special needs

  Under Solaris 2.x (where x = 0, 1, 2 or 3) you need to change
  the file "getfqdn.c".  Find the lines that read:
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  and delete them.


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  Subject:  Mac running A/UX 3.0

! Use the INN malloc.


  ------------------------------

  Subject:  NOV problems on a Pyramid
--- 532,586 ----

  and delete them.

+ Under Solaris 2.[012] (SunOS 5.0, 5.1, 5.2) you must add the following
+ at the beginning of each file using gethostbyname():
+
+ #define gethostbyname __switch_gethostbyname
+
+ Under Solaris 2.3 gethostbyname() might work without changes depending
+ on your configuration.  We haven't figured out when they work and when
+ they don't.  If you run into problems, try to change "gethostbyname()"
+ to "solaris_gethostbyname()" and then use the gethostbyname() listed in
+ the Solaris Porting FAQ.  This isn't a perfect solution, because you
+ now need a different binary for Solaris 2.[012] systems.
+
+ It would be great if someone were to submit a solaris_gethostbyname()
+ function who's binary works under all Solaris revs and gives all the
+ semantics of BSD gethostbyname().  In particular, one that doesn't have
+ the problems discussed in sun bugid #1126573 or #1135988.  It would be
+ amazing if this was submitted by one of the many Sun employees that
+ flame the INN FAQ maintainer in comp.sys.sun.admin everytime he bitches
+ about how much he hates Solaris 2.x. :-)
+
+ Under all Solaris 2.* versions there is a problem with innwatch.ctl.
+ It expects to use "df -i" to find out how many inodes are free on your
+ disk.  /usr/{sbin,5bin,bin}/df doesn't support the "-i" option.  You
+ have to use "/usr/ucb/df -i" instead, since this version of df includes
+ the "-i" option.
+

  ------------------------------

  Subject:  Mac running A/UX 3.0

! Tip #1: Use the INN malloc.
!
! Tip #2:  If you are running INN 1.4 on a Mac running A/UX 3.0.1, Every
! so often, (generally when someone fires up a reader), INN goes beserk.
! Syslog says:
!
!     innd: ME cant select Bad file number
!
! This message repeats about 20 times per second.  It freezes up my
! computer and I need to reboot.
!
! That's a kernel bug. You do have to reboot.

+ If you compiled inn with gcc, don't. My experience was that somehow, if
+ INN was compiled with GCC the kernel bug is triggered, but that doesn't
+ happen with cc.

+
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  Subject:  NOV problems on a Pyramid
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  issue the "mode reader" command) or they must read news via the file
  system instead of NNTP.

! There is no way around this right now.

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  issue the "mode reader" command) or they must read news via the file
  system instead of NNTP.

! If you have NNTP-based newsreaders that can't send the "mode reader"
! command, you can try including "server: localhost" in your inn.conf
! file, but then you must have a different inn.conf file for the other
! machines.  If you can't do that, you have no other options but to
! recompile your newsreaders.
!
! Remember, if you change your inn.conf file, you must shutdown and
! restart innd.  There is no "ctlinnd reload inn.conf" command.
!
!
! ------------------------------
!
! Subject:  Alpha OSF tips:
!
! To compile INN for the DEC Alpha, follow the instructions in the INN
! patch archive on ftp.pop.psu.edu:/pub/src/news/inn-patches
!
! In rc.news you need to start $INNWATCH using the following:
!
! ${DOINNWATCH} && {
!     echo "${INNWATCH} &" | su ${NEWSUSER} -c 'at now + 2 min' > /dev/null
! }
!
! The '&' in the command line prevents innwatch from taking up an at-job
! slot.  SysV-style crons have a per-category and overall limit on the
! number of jobs executing simultaneously.