Re: [HELP] nntp server set up

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From: Ben Elliston
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 18:16

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johns@rd.scitec.com.au (John Saunders) wrote:

>> Athena:root:/usr/lib/news#telnet localhost 119
>> Trying 127.0.0.1...
>> Connected to localhost.
>> Escape character is '^]'.
>> 502 Athena NNTP server can't talk to you.  Goodbye.
>> Connection closed by foreign host.

>This indicates that the server is actually starting so
>the /etc/host.allow and other /etc/inetd.conf files are
>correct. While I'm not an expert with NNTP I think that
>this service is password protected. This means that the
>NNTP daemon will check your host name against it's own
>password file and if you don't exist it throws you out.
>Look for a password file in /usr/lib/news.

Fred Bloggs, here, should try and RTFM once in a while.  The doco on
INN is very good.

To answer the question, though, localhost needs to be added to
the appropriate security file for INN (hosts.something)

Cheers,
Ben.

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From: ellib@cbr.cpsg.com.au (Ben Elliston)
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Subject: Re: [HELP] nntp server set up
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