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[svn] * src/configfile.h,src/configfile.c,docs/noffle.conf.5: Add noffle-user
and noffle-group configs.
* src/configfile.c,src/fetch.c,src/fetchlist.c,src/protocol.c,
src/server.c: Replace strcpy() with Utl_cpyStr() where appropriate.
See Debian bug 168128.
* src/control.c,src/configfile.c,src/noffle.c: Replace [s]scanf("%s")
with [s]scanf(MAXCHAR_FMT).
* src/noffle.c: Log warning if noffle.conf is world readable.
* src/noffle.c: Restrict most options to news admins; i.e. those who
are root or news on running Noffle.
* Makefile.in,acconfig.h,aclocal.m4,config.h.in,configure,configure.in,
docs/Makefile.in,docs/noffle.conf.5,packages/Makefile.in,
packages/redhat/Makefile.in,src/Makefile.am,src/Makefile.in,
src/authenticate.c,src/authenticate.h,src/noffle.c,src/server.c:
Add basic authentication using either Noffle-specific user file
or authenticating via PAM (service 'noffle'). PAM authentication
needs to run as root, so a Noffle server that needs PAM
must be started by root. Helpful (?) error messages will be logged
if not. Noffle will switch ruid and euid to 'news' (or whatever
is configured) ASAP.
* src/noffle.c: Add uid checking.
| author | bears |
|---|---|
| date | Fri, 10 Jan 2003 23:25:45 +0000 |
| parents | 505a88ee6782 |
| children | 0dca2ed29197 |
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOFFLE FAQ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q: What is the difference between NOFFLE and leafnode? A: NOFFLE uses less resources (disk space and bandwidth). Downloading groups in overview mode is several times faster, because it uses the XOVER command instead of HEAD. In addition, there is the quasi-transparent mode, when online, which allows to browse through groups and cache everything without subscribing. NOFFLE is GPLed, leafnode isn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q: I subscribe to groups, but get a "Retreiving failed" message for every requested article. A: Some news server do not allow retrieving articles by message-ID. You cannot use NOFFLE together with these servers presently. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q: I changed the server in the config files, but the new groups do not appear. A: You should run 'noffle --query groups' again. If you want all old group information deleted, you should remove the file data/groupinfo.gdbm in the spool directory before. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q: The Emacs news reader GNUS hangs while getting active list from server. A: This is a known phenomena and I believe that it is a bug with GNUS, because the log files show correct handling of client commands by noffle. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q: What is the NOFFLE 'online' mode? A: NOFFLE can be optionally switched into 'online' mode. When in online mode any newsgroup can be read and the selected articles are fetched immediately from the remote server if not present locally. Regardless of the settings in noffle.conf, NOFFLE will not automatically subscribe to any newsgroup when in online mode. Online mode is therefore useful for quickly sampling the content of potentially interesting newsgroups. To enter online mode, run 'noffle --online'. To return the regular offline mode, run 'noffle --offline'. If you net connection is via dial-up, you may find it convenient to do this in your ip-up and ip-down scripts, though if you do you'll have to remember that NOFFLE's behaviour will be subtly different when you are dialled out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q: Can I read any article in 'online' mode? A: No. You cannot read groups that are not known to NOFFLE, or articles that NOFFLE has already expired. NOFFLE will not refetch expired articles.