From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 24 20:32:15 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B44E1065670 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:32:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from patfbsd@davenulle.org) Received: from smtp.lamaiziere.net (net.lamaiziere.net [91.121.44.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E4648FC13 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:32:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from patfbsd@davenulle.org) Received: from baby-jane.lamaiziere.net (221.10.87-79.rev.gaoland.net [79.87.10.221]) by smtp.lamaiziere.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id C584E63317E; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:32:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from baby-jane.lamaiziere.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by baby-jane.lamaiziere.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A70BBC437; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:32:17 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:32:15 +0200 From: Patrick Lamaiziere To: Tim Kellers Message-ID: <20090724223215.6cc3d438@baby-jane.lamaiziere.net> In-Reply-To: <4A692673.8000906@wallnet.com> References: <4A691563.5000509@wallnet.com> <4A6919C0.8080709@ibctech.ca> <4A692673.8000906@wallnet.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.2 (GTK+ 2.16.4; i386-portbld-freebsd8.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd general questions Subject: Re: INN configuration X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:32:15 -0000 Le Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:11:47 -0400, Tim Kellers a =E9crit : > My server has a static IP (optonline.net) that has no ports > blocked. From my laptop client I can connect to news.optonline.net > and grab a full feed of all the newsgroups. What I'm trying to do is > setup my own news server using news.optonline.net as a peer. The > error I get from my client when I connect to my local news server is: > "No newsgroups found" even though I have the full list of newsgroups > from isc.org installed.=20 How? You should perform a ctlinnd newgroup with each group to add, or use a checkgroup message. Your server should reply the newsgroups list to a command "list" baby-jane:~$ telnet news.davenulle.org 119 Trying 91.121.44.19... Connected to news.davenulle.org. Escape character is '^]'. 201 news.davenulle.org InterNetNews NNRP server INN 2.4.3 ready (no posting). list 215 Newsgroups in form "group high low flags". {.list.} . > I haven't been able to find a how-to on the internet (The > FreeBSDDiary has a workable how-to that only addresses a local news > server) and the instructions listed on the isc-inn site don't seem to > address my issue. >=20 > /var/log/messages show no errors that relate to inn* INN logs are in /var/log/news, you may have to set syslog.conf (I don't remember) > Has anyone set up a n INN server on freebsd, successfuly? Sure, works fine here. It's hard to say what problem you have without precision. Note: with INN, *always* use the news account when you work on it.