Download location (HTTP): http://unc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/leafnode/leafnode-1.9.33.rel.tar.bz2 Download location (FTP): ftp://unc.dl.sourceforge.net/pub/sourceforge/leafnode/leafnode-1.9.33.rel.tar.bz2 Version used: 1.9.33 Package size: 602 KB Estimated Disk space required: 4.5 MB |
leafnode is an NNTP server designed for small sites to provide a local USENET spool.
leafnode depends on: pcre-4.1 |
Install leafnode by running the following commands:
groupadd news
useradd -g news news
./configure --localstatedir=/var --prefix=/usr \
--sysconfdir=/etc/news --with-lockfile=/var/lock/fetchnews.lck &&
make &&
make install &&
ldconfig &&
make update |
groupadd news useradd -g news news :
Create the group and user news, if not present. Errors resulting from an already existing user or group news may be ignored.
--prefix=/usr : Change the default installation directory of /usr/local.
--localstatedir=/var : Change the default spool directory of /usr/var.
--sysconfdir=/etc/news : leafnode reads its configuration data from an file called config, this with be created in /etc/news to avoid any potential conflict with other packages.
make update : Create an initial /etc/news/config.example file, which must be renamed to /etc/news/config.
/etc/leafnode/config, /etc/inetd.conf and /etc/xinetd.conf
leafnode may be configured to use inetd or xinetd as follows:
inetd configuration
Add a leafnode entry to the /etc/inetd.conf file with the following command:
echo "nntp stream tcp nowait news /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/leafnode" \ >> /etc/inetd.conf |
xinetd configuration
Add a leafnode entry to the /etc/xinetd.conf file with the following command:
cat >> /etc/xinetd.conf << "EOF"
service nntp
{
flags = NAMEINARGS NOLIBWRAP
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = no
user = news
server = /usr/sbin/tcpd
server_args = /usr/sbin/leafnode
instances = 7
per_source = 3
}
EOF |
The /etc/news/config file must be edited to reflect the name of the upstream NNTP provider. Copy the example configuration file to /etc/news/config and save the original for reference :
cp /etc/news/config.example /etc/news/config |
Change the
server = |
entry to reflect your news provider.
The NNTPSERVER environment variable must be set to 127.0.0.1 to prevent news clients from reading news from the upstream feed, add the following to /etc/profile or $HOME/.bash_profile :
export NNTPSERVER=127.0.0.1 |
The leafnode package contains leafnode, applyfilter, texpire, checkgroups, fetchnews and newsq.
leafnode is the NNTP server daemon.
applyfilter filters newsgroup articles according to regular expressions.
texpire expires old articles and unread groups.
checkgroups inserts newsgroup titles into the newsgroup database.
fetchnews sends posted articles to and retrieves new articles from an upstream news server.
newsq shows articles waiting to be sent upstream.