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>Miscellaneous Files</TITLE
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>Linux Network Administrators Guide</TH
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>Chapter 21. C News</TD
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NAME="X-087-2-CNEWS.MISC"
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>21.7. Miscellaneous Files</A
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>There are a number of files that control the behavior of C News, but are not
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essential. All of them reside in <TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>/etc/news</TT
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>. We describe
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them briefly here:</P
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CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
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><TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>newsgroups</TT
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><DD
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>
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This is a companion file of <TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>active</TT
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> that contains a list
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of each newsgroup name along with a one-line description of its main topic.
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This file is automatically updated when C News receives a
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<SPAN
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CLASS="SYSTEMITEM"
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>checknews</SPAN
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> control message.</P
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><DT
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><TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>localgroups</TT
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><DD
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><P
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>
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If you have a lot of local groups, you can keep C News from complaining about
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them each time you receive a <TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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>checkgroups</TT
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> message by putting their names and descriptions in this file, just as they would
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appear in <TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>newsgroups</TT
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>.</P
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></DD
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><TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>mailpaths</TT
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></DT
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><DD
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>
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This file contains the moderator's address for each moderated group. Each
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line contains the group name followed by the moderator's email address
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(offset by a tab).</P
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><P
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>Two special entries are provided as defaults:
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<SPAN
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CLASS="SYSTEMITEM"
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>backbone</SPAN
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> and
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<SPAN
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CLASS="SYSTEMITEM"
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>internet</SPAN
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>. Both provide, in bang-path
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notation, the path to the nearest backbone site and the site that understands
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RFC-822 style addresses (<SPAN
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CLASS="SYSTEMITEM"
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>user@host</SPAN
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>).
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The default entries are:
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><PRE
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>internet backbone</PRE
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>You do not have to change the <SPAN
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CLASS="SYSTEMITEM"
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>internet</SPAN
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> entry if you have
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<B
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CLASS="COMMAND"
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>exim</B
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> or <B
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CLASS="COMMAND"
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>sendmail</B
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> installed; they
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understand RFC-822 addressing.</P
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><P
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>The <SPAN
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CLASS="SYSTEMITEM"
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>backbone</SPAN
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> entry is used whenever a
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user posts to a moderated group whose moderator is not listed explicitly. If
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the newsgroup's name is <SPAN
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CLASS="SYSTEMITEM"
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>alt.sewer</SPAN
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>
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and the <SPAN
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CLASS="SYSTEMITEM"
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>backbone</SPAN
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> entry contains
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<SPAN
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CLASS="SYSTEMITEM"
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>path!%s</SPAN
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>, C News will mail the
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article to <SPAN
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CLASS="SYSTEMITEM"
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>path!alt-sewer</SPAN
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>, hoping
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that the backbone machine is able to forward the article. To find out which
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path to use, ask the news-admin at the site that feeds you. As a last resort,
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you can also use <SPAN
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CLASS="SYSTEMITEM"
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>uunet.uu.net!%s</SPAN
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>.</P
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><TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>distributions</TT
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></DT
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><DD
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> This file is not really a C News file, but is used by some newsreaders
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and <B
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CLASS="COMMAND"
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>nntpd</B
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>. It contains the list of distributions recognized
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by your site and a description of their (intended) effects. For example,
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Virtual Brewery has the following file:
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>world everywhere in the world
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local Only local to this site
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nl Netherlands only
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mugnet MUGNET only
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fr France only
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de Germany only
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brewery Virtual Brewery only</PRE
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><TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>log</TT
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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> This file contains a log of all C News activities. It is culled regularly by
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running <B
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CLASS="COMMAND"
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>newsdaily</B
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> ; copies of the old log files are kept in
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<TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>log.o</TT
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>, <TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>log.oo</TT
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>, etc.</P
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></DD
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><DT
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><TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>errlog</TT
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></DT
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><DD
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>This is a log of all error messages created by C News. These messages do not include
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logs of articles junked due to being sent to an invalid wrong group or other
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user errors. This file is mailed to the newsmaster
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(<SPAN
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CLASS="SYSTEMITEM"
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>usenet</SPAN
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> by default)
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automatically by <B
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CLASS="COMMAND"
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>newsdaily</B
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> if it is not found empty.</P
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><P
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><TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>errlog</TT
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> is cleared by <B
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CLASS="COMMAND"
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>newsdaily</B
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>.
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<TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>errlog.o</TT
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> keeps old copies and companions.</P
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></DD
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><DT
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><TT
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>batchlog</TT
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></DT
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><DD
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><P
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>This file logs all runs of <B
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CLASS="COMMAND"
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>sendbatches</B
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>. It is usually of scant
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interest. It is also attended by <B
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CLASS="COMMAND"
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>newsdaily</B
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>.</P
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><TT
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>watchtime</TT
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><DD
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>This is an empty file created each time <B
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CLASS="COMMAND"
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>newswatch</B
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> runs.</P
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