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<META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9">
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<TITLE>News Leafsite mini-HOWTO: How do I install it?</TITLE>
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<LINK HREF="News-Leafsite-4.html" REL=next>
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<LINK HREF="News-Leafsite.html#toc3" REL=contents>
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<A HREF="News-Leafsite.html#toc3">Contents</A>
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<HR>
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<H2><A NAME="s3">3. How do I install it?</A></H2>
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<P>A small installation help comes with the package, but let's do it
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together :-) -- If Leafnode >=1.4 is shipped with your distribution,
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it would be the wisest to use the pre-compiled version and leave out
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the steps 1 to 4.
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<P>
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<P>1.) Be sure that there is no other news server running on your
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computer. When you type<BR>
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<B>$ telnet localhost nntp</B><BR>
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you should get an error message. If you get a connection get back to the
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prompt of your shell, you should uninstall INN, CNews or whatever you're
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running now and comment out the nntp-line in your /etc/inetd.conf.
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<P>2.) Make sure that there is a user called "news", check in
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/etc/password for the name. If there isn't, create one (either typing<BR>
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<B>$ adduser news</B><BR>
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or using a tool shipped with your distribution).
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<P>3.) Unpack the sources:<BR>
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<B>$ tar xfz leafnode-1.4.tar.gz</B><BR>
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and change into the source directory <BR>
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<B>$ cd leafnode-1.4</B>
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<P>4.) Compile the program and install it<BR>
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<B>$ make; make install</B><BR>
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<P>5.) Edit /usr/lib/leafnode/config (it may be on any other place like
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/etc/leafnode when you use a pre-compiled version of your Linux
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distribution). The line "server =" should point to the news server of
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your ISP.
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<P>6.) Edit /etc/nntpserver. It should include your local hostname
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(localhost or whatever your computer name is, the command hostname
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should help you). If in some startup file like /etc/profile or
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/.bash_profile the environment variable is defined, you should
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adjust to your computer<65>s name as well.
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<P>7.) Edit the /etc/inetd.conf: Make sure that there is no line beginning
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with "nntp". If there is such a line, comment it out putting a "#"
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before it. Then add the following line:<BR>
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<B>nntp stream tcp nowait news /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/local/sbin/leafnode</B><BR>
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When someone (for example you :-) connects to your computer on the
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NNTP port, leafnode is started as server process.
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<P>8.) Go online and run the program "fetch" as root or news. The first time
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fetch is started, it will download a list of your ISP's newsgroups. This
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may take some time depending on the speed on your connection and the
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number of groups your ISP has in its active-File.
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<P>9.) Start your favorite newsreader (slrn, (r)tin and knews are not a
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bad start) and subscribe to all your groups you read. Be careful not
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just to subscribe these groups, but also to enter them, even when
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they're empty.
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<P>10.) Start fetch again to download all the news of the groups want to
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get.
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<P>
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<HR>
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<A HREF="News-Leafsite-2.html">Previous</A>
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<A HREF="News-Leafsite.html#toc3">Contents</A>
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