NewsCache

# NewsCache Configuration File
# Keywords are case-dependent!
 
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## Version
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# Specify the version here, if you want to get warnings about
# incompatibilities
ConfigVersion 5
 
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## ServerType
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# ServerType may be either standalone or inetd.
ServerType standalone
 
# If you are running in standalone mode, you should specify the
# location of the pid file.
PidFile /var/run/newscache.pid
 
# The Address, where NewsCache is listening, if running in
# standalone mode.
# In a multihomed environment the address of one NIC can be
# specified. The default Port is nntp from /etc/services. For
# the port-number an entry fom /etc/services or a port-number
# can be specified.
#
# !!! If ListenTo is specified, then the parameter CachePort
# is ignored !!!
ListenTo DEFAULT
#ListenTo 133.144.155.166
#ListenTo 133.144.155.166:12000
#ListenTo 133.144.155.166:telnet
 
# The port, where NewsCache is listening, if running in standalone
# mode. Either an entry from /etc/services or a port-number  #prepended
# by a #-sign.
# !!! Only valid, if the parameter ListenTo is not specified !!!
#CachePort #12000
 
# Only if NewsCache cannot figure out the name of your machine,
# specify the hostname here. Probably your system is _not_ set up
# correctly. Remember: hostname should return the fully qualified
# domain name
#Hostname my.host.name
 
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## Nice values
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# How nice values works?
# First call getpriority, take the result and add the Nicexxx
# value and call with the result priority setpriority.
# See man nice for details.
# for the master server process
NiceServer 0
 
# for the client proceses
NiceClient 10
 
# for the clean process
NiceClean 3
 
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## User and group under which NewsCache should be run
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Username news
Groupname news
 
# Put in here the local newscache administrator
Admin news@userdomain
 
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## Client-access configuration
## Code initially by Vladislav Bogdanov <slava@nsys.by>
## Read/PostTo options by Thomas Gschwind  ##<tom@infosys.tuwien.ac.at>
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# Client-access configuration
# allow:
#   allow access from these hosts (default=none). Values are:
#   read, post, debug. With debug, the client can use the
#   xdebug command.
#   NOTE: if you specify debug, then the client is able to
#         read your configuration file (xdebug dump #configuration)!!
# List:
#   A list of newsgroups that should be shown by the
#   list [active|active.times|...] and newgroups commands
# Read:
#   A list of newsgroups that client can read without #authentication
# PostTo:
#   Postings to these newsgroups should be allowed to clients #without
#   authentication
# Authentication:
#   none ... no further authentication necessary
#   file:/path/to/file ... formatdescription
#               username:password:list:read:postto:allow
#       The additional access specification are added to the #normal
#       List Read and PostTo Parameters (see above)
#       The password field is a encrypted password (md5crypt of #crypt)
#   unix:list:read:postto:allow ... use UNIX authentication
#       The additional access specification are added to the #normal
#       List Read and PostTo Parameters (see above). If only unix #is
#       specified, then all clients must step throuh the #authentication.
#       If further fields specified, then unauthenticated clients #have
#       the access specified with the parameter allow, List, #ReadTo,
#       PostTo and authenticated clients uses the arguments and #modify
#       the original parameters.
#
# NOTE: Order of entries is important, so put defaults last
#       If no 'Default' entry found, default policy will be DENY.
#
AccessList {
  Client stdin {
    allow read post debug
    # list all newsgroups, allow users to read *, and to post to *
    List *
    Read *
    PostTo *
    # no further authentication necessary/possible
    Authentication none
  }
  Client localhost {
    allow read post debug
    # list all newsgroups, allow users to read *, and to post to *
    # No xdebug command for unauthenticated clients.
    List *
    Read *
    PostTo *
    Authentication ldap:auth.open-news-network.org:debug
 
    # all authenticated clients are able to use the xdebug command
  }
 
  Default {
    Authentication ldap:auth.open-news-network.org:debug
 
  }
 
}
 
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## Server-Configuration
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# Server-Configuration:
# Read:
#   A list of newsgroups that should be read from the news server.
# PostTo:
#   Postings to these newsgroups should be handled by this server.
# GroupTimeout:
# specified how long the group information (for instance retrieved
# with the command GROUP at.linux) is valid (in seconds). Note: if
# the ServerSpec section contains the Options offline, then the
# data will be not downloaded from the upstream server. You need
# updatenews. The default value is 600 seconds.
# BindFrom:
#   Interface for outgoing connections (for multihomed hosts)
#   (Code by Vladislav Bogdanov, slava@nsys.by)
# Options:
#   (not-)offline, semioffline ... retrieve #nothing/everything/articles
#   (not-)setpostflag ... set postflag to n in the active #database, if
#                       posting to the news server is not allowed
#   (not-)cached ... not yet implemented
# Commands:
#   All commands are switched on by default and NewsCache tries #itself
#   to find out which of the commands are supported. In some #situations
#   it might be necessary to deactivate a command manually (eg. it #is
#   not implemented correctly by your news server).
#   Netscape-Collabra/3.0 (used by news.elsa.de) does not #implement over
#   correctly :(
#   To switch off, prepend the command with not-
#   Support commands: listgroup, over
NewsServerList {
  Server news.open-news-network.org nntp {
    Retries 3
    Read opennews.*
    PostTo opennews.*
    GroupTimeout 150
    BindFrom 192.168.0.1
    User user@userdomain
    Password userpass
    Options cached
    Commands not-over
  }
  Server news2.open-news-network.org nntp {
    Retries 1
    Read *
    PostTo *
    GroupTimeout 300
    BindFrom 192.168.0.1
    User user@userdomain
    Password userpass
    Options cached
  }
  Server news3.open-news-network.org nntp {
     Retries 3
     Read *
     PostTo *
     GroupTimeout 150
     BindFrom 192.168.0.1
      User user@userdomain
       Password userpass
    Options cached
   }
   Server news5.open-news-network.org nntp {
     Retries 3
     Read *
     PostTo *
     GroupTimeout 150
     BindFrom 192.168.0.1
      User user@userdomain
       Password userpass
     Options cached
    }
   Server news6.open-news-network.org nntp {
       Retries 3
       Read *
       PostTo *
       GroupTimeout 150
       BindFrom 192.168.0.1
       User user@userdomain
       Password userpass
       Options cached
   }
}
 
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## Timeouts
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# Timeouts in seconds for the retrieval of the active database
# (first parameter) and the description of the newsgroups (second
# parameter). If a client requests "list active", then newscache
# checks if the active database timeout is reached and first
# requests the active informations from the upstream servers #before
# returning the data to the client. Note: if the ServerSpec #section
# contains the Options offline or semioffline, then the data will
# be not downloaded from the upstream server. You need updatenews.
# Timeouts 3600 3600
 
# Disconnect idle client connections after 10 minutes
ClientTimeout 600
 
# Do not allow more than 16 simultaneous connections
# This switch works only in standalone mode
MaxConnections 16
 
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## Spool- and Log-Directory
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# All the cached newsgroups and articles go here
SpoolDirectory /var/cache/newscache
 
# Size of Spool Directory in KiloBytes
# This value is used by cacheclean, which should be run every
# few hours by the cron daemon.
SpoolSize 3300000
 
# All the log files go here, if syslogd is not being used. This
# depends on how NewsCache has been configured. By default,
# NewsCache uses syslogd.
LogDirectory /var/log/newscache/log
 
# Log Style
# All combination of these options are valid:
# strict-inn ... only log INN style messages, omit NewsCache
#                specific log messages. At the moment this
#                is only supported at the LOG_NOTICE level.
# hostname ... Log the clients hostname, as it is done by INN.
# ip-address ... Log the IP-Address of the client.
 
# Log both, hostname and ip-address
LogStyle hostname ip-address
 
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## Prefetching
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# Each newsgroup listed in this file will be prefetched,
# whenever one of its articles is read by a user or whenever
# updatenews is executed.
PrefetchFile /var/cache/newscache/etc/prefetch