SNROOT
If this is set and is not empty, the value is used in place of /var/spool/sn, the default news spool directory.
snnewgroup8
Create a new sn newsgroup
Usage
snnewgroup newsgroup
[server]
[port]
Overview
snnewgroup creates newsgroup assigning it an upstream NNTP server of server:port. If port is not specified, defaults to 119. If server is also not specified, newsgroup is created as a local group which is fed only by articles POSTed to it.
You will need to be root or own /var/spool/sn in order to add new groups.
Environment
Files created
- /var/spool/sn/newsgroup
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Directory where articles will be stored.
- /var/spool/sn/newsgroup/.created
-
Empty file for the newsgroup creation time.
- /var/spool/sn/newsgroup/.serial
-
Where
sngetgets its idea of the new starting serial number for newsgroup on server server:port. The value is initialized to 0.
- /var/spool/sn/newsgroup/.outgoing
-
If server is specified, is a symlink to /var/spool/sn/.outgoing/server:port, which is a directory, created if it does not already exist. If server is not specified, no file /var/spool/sn/newsgroup/.outgoing will be created. See also
snsend.
Releases
11 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 1 time.