Hi Sam,
I guess the problem happens because the initial
history database has not been created. The INSTALL file that
comes with INN source package has this..
======================================================================
=
Creating the Database Files
At this point, you need to set up the news database directory
(~news/db). This directory will hold the active(5) file (the list
of
newsgroups you carry), the active.times(5) file (the creator and
creation time of newsgroups created since the server was
initialized),
the newsgroups(5) file (descriptions for all the newsgroups you
carry),
and the history(5) file (a record of every article the server
currently
has or has seen in the past few days, used to decide whether to
accept
or refuse new incoming messages).
Before starting to work on this, make sure you're logged on as the
news
user, since all of these files need to be owned by that user.
This is a
good policy to always follow; if you are doing any maintenance
work on
your news server, log on as the news user. Don't do maintenance
work as
root. Also make sure that ~news/bin is in the default path of the
news
user (and while you're at it, make sure ~news/man is in the
default
MANPATH) so that you can run INN maintenance commands without
having to
type the full path......
...."control" and "junk" must exist as newsgroups in your active
file for
INN to start, and creating pseudogroups for the major types of
control
messages is strongly encouraged for all servers that aren't
standalone.
If you don't want these groups to be visible to clients, do *not*
delete
them; simply hide them in readers.conf. "to" must also exist as a
newsgroup if you have mergetogroups set in inn.conf.
Next, you need to create an empty history database. To do this,
type:
cd ~news/db
touch history
makedbz -i
When it finishes, rename the files it created to remove the ".n"
in the
file names and then make sure the file permissions are correct on
all
the files you've just created:
chmod 644 *
Your news database files are now ready to go.
======================================================================
=====
There's also a FAQ page maintatined for inn
http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/faqs/inn.html
Regards
Kumaraguru
----- Original Message -----
From: "Samuel" <samuel_ignatius@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Kumaraguru" <kums@xxxxxxx>; <ilugc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Ilugc] newsgroup server in linux
Hello Kumarserver
After doing the basic steps i am getting "unable to connect to the
error""cant do
i am facing the following problem
not able to start /etc/init.d/innd start ,it is saying
please run makehistory and/or makedbz before starting innd
i am able to run /usr/lib/news/bin/makehistory
but when i run /usr/lib/news/bin/makedbz it is saying
dbzagain no such file or directory"file or
i ran /etc/rc.news ,it said "inndstart must be run by user news"
su news
/etc/rc.news gives me starting innd
/usr/lib/news/bin/inndstart
/usr/lib/news/bin/makehistory commands are working
/usr/lib/news/bin/makedbz is saying "cant do dbzagain no such
directory"configure
my /etc/inn.conf file contents
mta: /usr/sbin/sendmail -oi -oem %s
organization: testing
ovmethod: tradindexed
pathhost: 10.199.4.56
pathnews: /usr/lib/news
# General Settings
domain:
innflags:
mailcmd: /usr/lib/news/bin/innmail
server: 10.199.4.56
Thanks for the link,i am running redhat 9.0 and there are so many
configurations involved.I am confused is there anyway i can
newsgroup in X or a more simple way.i tried webmin but innd is notthere.
windows.I
Thanks
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kumaraguru" <kums@xxxxxxx>
To: "Samuel" <samuel_ignatius@xxxxxxxxx>; <ilugc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <linux-india-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Ilugc] newsgroup server in linux
Hi,
There's a useful HowTo
http://www.linux.com/howtos/Usenet-News-HOWTO/
Regards
Kumaraguru
----- Original Message -----
From: "Samuel" <samuel_ignatius@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <ilugc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <linux-india-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 12:32 PM
Subject: [Ilugc] newsgroup server in linux
hello everyone
i have around 100 machines in my network and all are running
want to setup a newsgroup server in linux.can some one give me the
detailed steps or appropriate links to do it.i have done basic
administration in linux like samba,ftp,nfs...thanks in advance
Thanks
Sammy
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