/etc/news/config, /etc/inetd.conf or /etc/xinetd.conf Leafnode may be configured to use inetd by adding an 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 Issue a killall -HUP inetd to reread the changed inetd.conf file. Alternatively, Leafnode may be configured to use xinetd by adding an 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 Issue a killall -HUP xinetd to reread the changed xinetd.conf file. 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, so add the following to /etc/profile or $HOME/.bash_profile: export NNTPSERVER=127.0.0.1