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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.bhp.com.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!news.ksu.ksu.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!chi-news.cic.net!nntp.coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!ns1.tstt.net.tt!feisal From: feisal@tstt.net.tt (Feisal Mohammed) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: nntp_access question Date: 28 Jan 1996 15:01:31 GMT Organization: University of the West Indies Lines: 20 Message-ID: <slrn4gn40p.68.feisal@lancelot.valsayn.tt> References: <4eeljo$dt7@gol2.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cuscon10s.tstt.net.tt X-Newsreader: slrn (0.8.5) In article <4eeljo$dt7@gol2.gol.com>, Doug Lerner wrote: >In /usr/local/lib/news there is a file called nntp_access used to >control who can read, post or transfer news. >I have experimented with this file and found that: Are you sure of the name, it's called nnrp.access on my system i.e. the list of hosts that are allowed to access nnrpd (news reading, posting) > >o If I set a dotted-quad IP address, giving read and post permissions, >that location still cannot read or post. The header of the file clearly says name or IP, I have tried it with both name and IP and it works. Set the news logging up to the notice level and monitor the file it logs to for nnrpd access when someone tries access news, it will give you a clue as to what's wrong. -Feisal -- Feisal Mohammed <feisal@tstt.net.tt> Ph: 1-809-662-2002 x3171 Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of the West Indies.