From: ggeorge@bu.edu (Gerry George) Subject: Problems configuring news, etc Date: 16 Apr 1993 07:04:58 GMT
News problems:
News programs (/usr/local/lib/news...) is setup as suid. Tin is not.
When I run tin as a regular user, posting fails due to permissions.
(why do all my problems seem related to permissions - ingres, news,
mail, etc?)
root is able to post (sometimes) but no-one else can.
Scratch that now - noboby can post anymore - (3 days later)
Why doesn't tin call config (/usr/local/lib/news/config) with effective
uid of 'news'? Should tin be su/gid news?
After fiddling with config, I made it a+r so the config problems are now
gone.
After much hacking around, posts are now accepted from ordinary users,
but they are dumped. I still get the error:
relaynews: set[ug]id failed (invalid argument)
then it dumps the article in dead.article.
Lots of the other utilities (news related) do not run properly - some problem
or the other, which may all be linked, or not.
If those are just regular problems that will be cleared up with "proper"
setup (and much reading) then don't bother, but if it is unusual stuff,
please reply (post if possible?). Thanks.
Note: I do not yet have a feed, but I'm trying to get everything
working before I activate my link to avoid trashing things for others
when I do connect in the next week. I have SLS 99pl6 and the latest
of smail/news/elm/tin/nn, etc (April 10/11)
Thanks for any assistance. I might also need help in configuring my UUCP
files for my feed. Can someone mail me an example - if it is complicated,
or if it is a simple solution (i managed to work my way through TCP/IP and
most of the news stuff), then just a simple RTFF (FAQ) will suffice. In case
any instructions are forthcoming, it would help to explain what the different
options do since I wish to understand (and maybe help someone else?). I hope
I'm not asking too much.
Thanks again.
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