On Sat, 4 Jul 1998, Trevor Barrie wrote: > On Fri, 3 Jul 1998, Johann Spies wrote: > > > I use slrn --spool. I can't remember the details, but I know at first I > > had a lot of trouble to get it to work. If I remember correctly, I, as > > root, deleted the /var/news/ directory because of trouble getting the > > correct permissions. Thereafter the slrnpull created the directory with > > the correct permissions. > > Could you summarize what the correct permissions are? I'd rather not > have to redownload what I've got now if I can help it.
In /var/spool: drwxr-sr-x 5 news news 1024 Jun 11 20:49 slrnpull/ In /var/spool/slrnpull drwxr-sr-x 5 news news 1024 Jun 11 20:49 ./ drwxrwSr-x 14 root root 1024 Jun 29 15:30 ../ drwxr-xr-x 2 news news 1024 Jul 4 23:29 data/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root news 157899 Jul 4 23:29 log drwxr-sr-x 3 root news 1024 Jun 24 21:48 news/ drwxrwxrwx 3 news news 1024 Jan 24 09:14 out.going/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root news 1390 May 29 22:54 slrnpull.conf Hope this helps. Johann -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Johann Spies Windsorlaan 19 | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3201 Pietermaritzburg | | Tel/Faks Nr. +27 331-46-1310 Suid-Afrika (South Africa) | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble." Psalms 46:1 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null