newsflag8cn

Usage

Overview

Newsflag sets the fourth field of newsgroup's entry in the active file (see newsdb(5)) to newval, doing proper locking to ensure safe modification of the file. For example, to change newsgroup x.y.z from unmoderated to moderated:

newsflag x.y.z m

The effect is purely local; no control message (to propagate the change to other machines) is sent.

Files

/var/lib/news/active