Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 19:41:37 GMT From: James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk> To: ele@eece.unm.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: QUESTION - how to set up news spool Message-ID: <199605271941.TAA10493@jraynard.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199605270534.XAA00681@localhost.unm.edu.> (ele@localhost.unm.edu)
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> Is there a tutorial or something out there on how to set up a news
> spool? I'm running FreeBSD-2.1.0 and use 'suck' to suck in a few
> newsgroups. Now I'd like to use tin to read the news, but apparently
> don't have things set up right (what dir I should suck the articles to
> ,how to set up the config files, etc.).
Which News server are you running? If it's INN, there's a very good FAQ
for it (should be at rtfm.mit.edu and the other usual places - drop me a
line if you can't find it and I'll mail you a copy).
Do you even have a News server running?
> The error I get when I run tin is:
>
> tin 1.2 PL2 [UNIX] (c) Copyright 1991-93 Iain Lea.
> Reading news active file...Active file corrupt - comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce
>
> /usr/local/lib/news/active contains no newsgroups. Exiting.
Is this the correct path to your active file? If so, the active file
probably *is* corrupt - sometimes a load of junk gets written into it if
the system crashes.
To fix this with INN, throttle the server and edit the file. If it's
beyond repair, delete it and run 'makeactive' ('man news-recovery' for
details).
If it's not the right path, tin is misconfigured and needs straightening
out.
--
James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland
jraynard@dial.pipex.com
james@jraynard.demon.co.uk
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