I am using the inn2 package to try to set up a periodic download
of newsgroups I read frequently. I use a dial-up ISP, and have a
home LAN with three computers. I have read the docs that came with
the package, and have read the network, cnews, and nntp sections of
a Linux reference book I have, but have been unsuccessful in setting
up my packages. Below is an excerpt from the news.err log file, followed
by a cron message.
news.err follows
Nov 11 08:51:56 p90 innd: SERVER cant dbzinit /var/lib/news/history Numerical
argument out of domain
Nov 11 09:10:01 p90 rnews: cant open_remote Connection refused
Nov 11 10:10:01 p90 rnews: cant open_remote Connection refused
Nov 11 11:10:01 p90 rnews: cant open_remote Connection refused
mail from cron follows
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Nov 11 12:03:30 2000
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 00:15:36 -0600
From: news <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: p90 Daily Usenet report for Sat Nov 11 00:15:01 CST 2000
Server status:
No innd.pid file; did server die?
Can't send "mode" command (sendto failure) No such file or directory.
Disk usage:
/etc/news 16511484 Kbytes available
/var/lib/news 16511484 Kbytes available
/var/log/news 16511484 Kbytes available
/var/spool/news/articles 16511484 Kbytes available
/var/spool/news/incoming 16511484 Kbytes available
/var/spool/news/outgoing 16511484 Kbytes available
/var/spool/news/overview 16511484 Kbytes available
Batch file sizes:
Log file sizes:
ls: *.log: No such file or directory
0 errlog 0 news 4 news.crit 4 news.err 4 news.notice
Lock files:
LOCK.innwatch
Server connections:
2 ( )
TOTAL: 1 2
No innd.pid file; did server die?
Can't send "logmode" command (sendto failure) No such file or directory.
No innd.pid file; did server die?
Can't send "pause" command (sendto failure) No such file or directory.
No innd.pid file; did server die?
Can't send "flushlogs" command (sendto failure) No such file or directory.
Cannot flush logs.
No innd.pid file; did server die?
Can't send "lowmark" command (sendto failure) No such file or directory.
Expire messages:
expire begin Sat Nov 11 00:15:34 CST 2000: (-v1 -z/var/log/news/expire.rm
-Z/var/log/news/expire.lowmark)
Can't reserve server
Article lines processed 0
Articles retained 0
Entries expired 0
Files unlinked 0
Old entries dropped 0
Old entries retained 0
expire end Sat Nov 11 00:15:34 CST 2000
all done Sat Nov 11 00:15:34 CST 2000
lowmarkrenumber begin Sat Nov 11 00:15:34 CST 2000:
(/var/log/news/expire.lowmark)
lowmarkrenumber end Sat Nov 11 00:15:35 CST 2000
expireover start Sat Nov 11 00:15:35 CST 2000
expireover end Sat Nov 11 00:15:35 CST 2000
---------
Post expiration status:
Server status:
No innd.pid file; did server die?
Can't send "mode" command (sendto failure) No such file or directory.
Disk usage:
/etc/news 16511480 Kbytes available
/var/lib/news 16511480 Kbytes available
/var/log/news 16511480 Kbytes available
/var/spool/news/articles 16511480 Kbytes available
/var/spool/news/incoming 16511480 Kbytes available
/var/spool/news/outgoing 16511480 Kbytes available
/var/spool/news/overview 16511480 Kbytes available
Batch file sizes:
Log file sizes:
0 errlog 0 news 4 news.err 0 unwanted.log
4 expire.log 4 news.crit 4 news.notice
Lock files:
LOCK.innwatch
Server connections:
2 ( )
TOTAL: 1 2
My host name is p90, and my network is cook. My isp is flash.net, and the
news server is news.flash.net. My ISP is russcook.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Russ
