Copyright © 2003, 2006
| Revision History | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revision 0.00 | 2003-04-02 | Revised by: mcr |
| Created the first draft. Very basic. | ||
| Revision 0.01 | 2003-04-02 | Revised by: mcr |
| Added the installing (fetch and build), basics (networking and the news user), setup (inn.conf, incoming.conf, database), and running (start, stop) sections. Still basic, but enough to get the server to the point where you can run it and connect to it. | ||
| Revision 0.02 | 2003-04-03 | Revised by: mcr |
| Added a subsection for storage.conf to the setup section. Added a status checking subsection to the running section. Added a newgroup subsection to the running section. | ||
| Revision 0.03 | 2003-04-03 | Revised by: mcr |
| Added subsection for nntpsend.ctl to the setup section. | ||
| Revision 0.04 | 2003-04-05 | Revised by: mcr |
| Added pre-install subsection to the installing section. Mainly service shutdown advice. | ||
| Revision 0.05 | 2003-04-06 | Revised by: mcr |
| Changed the newsfeeds section; no feeds. Removed the nntpsend.ctl, newsfeed, and incoming.conf sections. Moved the basics section to 2nd position, right after the introduction section. Amended the basics section to make goals clearer. (No talking to other news servers, that's beyond the scope of this document.) | ||
| Revision 0.06 | 2003-04-06 | Revised by: mcr |
| Added a references appendix. Added links to INN, suck and the mail2news HOWTO. Changed the link in the fetching subsection to refer to the link in the references appendix. Added link to the Open Directory page for UseNet software. | ||
| Revision 0.07 | 2003-04-07 | Revised by: mcr |
| Added a clients subsection to the running section. Added a few more settings to the inn.conf subsection. | ||
| Revision 0.08 | 2003-04-07 | Revised by: mcr |
| I got pullnews working! Silly me, I'd fluffed the config. Restored news feed stuff. Added a pullnews subsection. | ||
| Revision 0.09 | 2003-04-08 | Revised by: mcr |
| Added more detail to the pullnews subsection. | ||
| Revision 0.10 | 2003-04-09 | Revised by: mcr |
| Added a caution to the adminuser subsection of the basics section, concerning the ownership and permissions. Added a troubleshooting section, with a subsection for permissions and ownership. | ||
| Revision 0.11 | 2003-07-05 | Revised by: mcr |
| Added a section for innfeed.conf. Updated other config details to allow posting to a remote server. | ||
| Revision 0.12 | 2003-09-08 | Revised by: mcr |
| Added 'demon*' to section for innfeed.conf. This allows posts to demon.test, which is useful. | ||
| Revision 0.13 | 2006-05-25 | Revised by: mcr |
| Section 4.7. Preparing the database: expanded. Section 2.1. Networking: updated (host name examples clarified). | ||
This document is Copyright (c) 2003 by Martin Rodgers. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is available at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html
No liability for the contents of this documents can be accepted. Use the concepts, examples and other content at your own risk. As this is a new edition of this document, there may be errors and inaccuracies, that may of course be damaging to your system. Proceed with caution, and although this is highly unlikely, the author(s) do not take any responsibility for that.
All copyrights are held by their by their respective owners, unless specifically noted otherwise. Use of a term in this document should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark.
Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen as endorsements.
You are strongly recommended to take a backup of your system before major installation and backups at regular intervals.
This is an early draft. Very basic.
The latest version number of this document can be found in the HOWTO section of my homepage.
The newest version of this HOWTO will always be made available on my website, in a variety of formats:
In this version I have the pleasure of acknowledging: nobody (yet).
Feedback is most certainly welcome for this document. Without
your submissions and input, this document wouldn't exist. Please
send your additions, comments and criticisms to the following
email address : <mcr@nerdware.org>.
No translations exist at this point in time.
| Next | ||
| Basics |