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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!in-news.erinet.com!imci5!pull-feed.internetmci.com!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!news.belwue.de!news.uni-ulm.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!news.rhein-neckar.de!birdland.rhein-neckar.de!not-for-mail From: maja@birdland.rhein-neckar.de (Martin Jangowski) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: INN problems! Corrupting files Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.questions Date: 25 Apr 1996 07:07:18 +0200 Organization: Lullaby of Birdland Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4ln1a6$4uo@birdland.rhein-neckar.de> References: <4llis1$20i@complete.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: birdland.rhein-neckar.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:18150 comp.unix.questions:80786 John Goerzen (jgoerzen@complete.org) wrote: : Hi, : For the past several days, INN has been corrupting the active file. It is : not destroying any data, simply appending large numbers of nulls to the end : of it, which is confusing Tin and other newsreaders. : I have throttled the server, edited the nulls out of the active file, and : resumed it. It seems to be a temporary solution as the problem will : reappear in a few hours. This is a known bug in INN, it happens when your server is throttled and you are using "ctlinnd newgroup" or "ctlinnd rmgroup" (I can't remember which one). The result is a thrashed active. It has nothing to do with the OS. Martin -- | Martin Jangowski E-Mail: maja@birdland.rhein-neckar.de | | Voice: +49 621/53 95 06 Fax: +49 621/53 95 07 | | Snail Mail: Koenigsbacher Str. 16 D-67067 Ludwigshafen Germany | | RNInet e.V. Rhein-Neckar Internet |