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In aus.computers.linux on Wed, 11 Oct 2000 00:48:58 GMT
David. E. Goble <goble@gtech> wrote:
>
>I have even managed to setup a local newsgroup using innd and pine. My
>question is how can I set it up so that I can download the newsgroups
>from my ISPs news-server to my local news server?

Do a google search (www.google.com) on leafnode or slrnpull.

Any other method requires your ISP to agree to feed you, it's easier
to use something like slrnpull especially if you are using slrn.

>At the moment I need to type innd very time to get innd started, how
>can I automate this?

Same way everything else is automated, write a script to put in
/etc/rc.d/init.d and a link in one of the startup directories (see man
init).  I usually copy the lpd script and change the appropriate bits.

If that's too hard, then put 
	/bin/innd &
in /etc/rc.d/rc.local.
(using the right path of course)


>Also I tried setting up slrn, but it keeps saying it can not find a
>hostname or that I need to setenv NNTPSERVER environment variable.

Well, give it one or the other :)

In your .slrnrc file, try a line like
nnrpaccess "news.myisp.com.au" 

where news.myisp.com.au is the name of your ISP's news server.

Or the name of whichever news server you are using, in your case
gtech?


See the man page for slrn, and the default .slrnrc which can be found
on the web or somewhere like /usr/lib/slrn/slrn.rc

Zebee

Zebee Johnstone writes:
> Do a google search (www.google.com) on leafnode or slrnpull.

> Any other method requires your ISP to agree to feed you, it's easier to
> use something like slrnpull especially if you are using slrn.

Not true.  'suck' will work fine with either inn or cnews.  It sould be
included in your distribution.

> I usually copy the lpd script and change the appropriate bits.

You should copy the 'skeleton' script.  That's what it is for.  However,
the inn package should have installed a script.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin

On Wed, 11 Oct 2000 00:48:58 GMT, goble@gtech (David. E. Goble) wrote:
>
>Also I tried setting up slrn, but it keeps saying it can not find a
>hostname or that I need to setenv NNTPSERVER environment variable.
>
Hi All;

Sovlved this. Is there a threaded offline newsreader available... ?

I suppose it would not matter if I can download ISP newsgroups to my
local news server...?

--Regards       David. E. Goble
             goble [AT] kin.net.au
          http://www.kin.net.au/goble
Po Box 648 Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA 5223

On Fri, 13 Oct 2000 08:18:23 GMT, 
David. E. Goble <goble@gtech> wrote:
>>... I tried setting up slrn, but it 
keeps saying it can not find a
>>hostname or that I need to setenv 
NNTPSERVER environment variable.

go like this:

export NNTPSERVER=your.news.server

in your bash shell before you start
slrn in that same shell. The error message
I think tells you what it wants you to do
in csh not bash so if you want to copy
their format go csh first (to get you into
the c shell) then give their command instead.
(setenv NNTPSERVER your.news.server, without
the = sign). I usually use the bash form.

There are a couple different places you
can store this command, but if you like
changing news servers from time to time 
it's handy to just tell it the server you
want when you call up slrn.

MP