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>22.2. Installing the NNTP Server</A
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> The NNTP server (<I
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>nntpd</I
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two ways, depending on the expected load on the news system. There are no
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compiled versions available, because of some site-specific defaults that are
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hardcoded into the executable. All configuration is done through
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macros defined in <TT
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>nntpd</I
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>rc</B
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>/etc/inetd.conf</TT
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>nntp stream tcp nowait news /usr/etc/in.nntpd nntpd</PRE
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>The <TT
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>Chapter 12</A
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>nntpd</B
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> as standalone,
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make sure that any such line in <B
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>inetd.conf</B
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out. In either case, you have to make sure the following line appears in
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>nntp 119/tcp readnews untp # Network News Transfer Protocol</PRE
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>To temporarily store any incoming articles, <B
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>nntpd</B
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a <TT
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>.tmp</TT
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> directory in your news spool. You should create it
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>mkdir /var/spool/news/.tmp</B
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>chown news.news /var/spool/news/.tmp</B
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