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From: and@mgulvt.mgul.ac.ru (Andrey A. Perminov)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: nntp_access resetting question
Date: 11 Jan 1996 15:25:15 GMT
Organization: Moscow State University of Forestry (Russia)
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Message-ID: <4d3a4s$mtt@mgulvt.mgul.ac.ru>
References: <4cq4eu$flf@gol2.gol.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: mgulvt.mgul.ac.ru
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]

Doug Lerner (doug@gol.com) wrote:
: When I change DNS data files, I must

: kill -HUP <process-ID>

: in order for the changes to take effect.

: When I change the nntp_access file (permissions for different IP 
: addresses to read/write/post news) do I need to do something similar to 
: cause the changes to take effect?

: I just tried adding some IP addresses for Portmaster IP addresses, but 
: was unable to read news from those addresses.

Hi!

I use INN1.4 and when I change my file nntp.access, I get results without
the reloading anything. May be your news system use another file for users
permissions?

Andrey

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Andrey A Perminov       e-mail: and@mgul.ac.ru
System Administrator
Moscow State University of Forestry (Russia)