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- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Path: sparky!uunet!zeos!kgermann
- From: kgermann@zeos.com (Ken Germann)
- Subject: Re: UseNet News Binaries for SCO
- Organization: Zeos International, Ltd.
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 00:54:48 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Aug14.005448.28890@zeos.com>
- Keywords: usenet, news, domain
- References: <1992Aug12.235142.16442@honte.uleth.ca>
- Lines: 41
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- In article <1992Aug12.235142.16442@honte.uleth.ca> fengstad@alpha.uleth.ca (Grant Fengstad) writes:
- >I've recently acquired the USENET 'B' News Binary SLS from SCO and
- >installed it on my system. Although I'm quite happy with the
- >availability of UseNet news in binary format (I don't have any
- >development tools), I do have some questions....
- >
- >It would appear that the Domain name is automatically defaulted to
- >.UUCP with no apparent way to change this. I would prefer to change
- >this to our Domain name. Is there any way of doing this, short of
- >getting the sources and compiling?
- >
- >Sorry if this is a FAQ but your help is appreciated. Please email
- >responses... I will post a summary if there is any interest.
- >
- >--
-
- There are versions of C-news available for SCO. I have a version
- that is mostly shell scripts. It is works fine for what we use
- news for. If you are interested, send me mail. Otherwise..
-
- The problem is related to the 'inews' command in /usr/lib/news.
- It can be modified with a bit editor. If you change all the
- occurences of the '.UUCP' to '.COM' or whatever, it works.
- I originally did this when I was first trying to use B-News.
- But, I would never do it again.. C-news is a lot easier to
- manage and has a some features that make administration of
- news a real joy. I wouldn't mind getting the C-news to compile.
- But, I tried every possible configuration I could think of in the
- config program/script. I haven't had any success getting it to compile.
-
- I would highly recommend using C-news.. SCO should update that
- SLS. I can post the modified Inews for B-news if you are interested. I have
- it on the system here somewhere. The version of C-news I have is
- installed through custom.
-
- Send mail if you have any questions or post them here.
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