Update group descriptions
checkgroups checkgroupsfile
Leafnode is a USENET package intended for small sites, where there are few users and little disk space, but where a large number of groups is desired.
Checkgroups is the program which parses checkgroup scripts to include new/updated group descriptions into the active file (which is usually /var/spool/news/leaf.node/groupinfo).
Checkgroups sets its real and effective uid to "news".
is a file which contains the newsgroup name and the description on one line, separated by whitespace. Checkgroups scripts are sometimes sent out by news administrators (e.g., in the bionet.* hierarchy).
LN_LOCK_TIMEOUT
This variable is parsed as an unsigned integer value and determines how many seconds checkgroups will wait when trying to obtain the lock file from another leafnode program. 0 means to wait indefinitely. This variable takes precedence over the configuration file.
15 releases since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); the text changed 9 times.