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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.igcom.net!moon.igcom.net!david From: david@moon.igcom.net (David Bauman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Newsfeeds and auto-add groups... Date: 26 Dec 1995 18:58:44 GMT Organization: InterGlobal Communications, Chicagoland's affordable ISP. Lines: 29 Message-ID: <4bpgl4$d7o@moon.igcom.net> References: <4bp3bv$et4@gold.niia.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: moon.igcom.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] phoenix@niia.net wrote: : Anyone ever seen this problem??? : Pretty much standard INN under BSD/OS v2.0. We receive our feeds from Pagesat : Satellite link. The problem is that any new newsgroups are rejected, with a : message in the log similar to: "UNWANTED NEWSGROUP ........." We have checked : configuration over and over again and are either blatantly missing something or : there is a flaw somewhere. Anyone have any tips on where to begin looking? It : gets to be a REAL pain to have to rebuild the newsgroups/active files by hand : every month or so, and this has been like this since day 1. It looks like for : some reason the system just rejects anything not already in its list, rather : than adding it as a new entry.... : One thing I didnt cover in regards to building the active file. Just download a complete active file from your provider, or even UUNET has a complete active file available via FTP. Instead of using ctlinnd to remove thousands of groups, just copy the active file to active.temp (or whatever) edit the active file and delete all but the groups you want to carry. Then pause INN, or shut down(not recommended) and copy the new active.temp to /var/news/etc/active (make sure to chown and chmod it). Then run /usr/contrib/lib/news/bin/inncheck just to make sure your INN files are setup correctly. Then restart INN. Then from now on, the best way to add groups is to use /usr/contrib/lib/news/bin/ctlinnd while INN is running, and this will auto-add the new group(s) to the active file. David Bauman InterGlobal Communications Senior Systems Admin.