Changi NNTP Server 1.0

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Changi Environment
Specifying Portnumbers

The following environment variables may be set to specify TCP and UDP ports used by Changi and its companion programs:

CHANGICONTROLPORT
CHANGINEWSPORT
CHANXNEWSPORT


CHANGICONTROLPORT

Changi will listen on this port for incoming control datagrams. By default, UDP port 119 is used.

Example:

SET CHANGICONTROLPORT=22119

CHANGINEWSPORT

Changi will listen on this port for incoming client connections. Chanx uses this variable to determine the port of the newsserver to be queried for existing message-ids, while Rnews will sent its articles to the specified port. By default, TCP port 119 is used.

Example:

SET CHANGINEWSPORT=31000

CHANXNEWSPORT

Chanx will connect the remote server at the specified port. By default, TCP port 119 is used.

Example:

SET CHANXNEWSPORT=31000

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URL: changi/manual/enviport.html
Created: 3 August 1996
Revised: 21 November 1996
Author: harald@os2point.ping.de