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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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%general-entities;
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<!ENTITY leafnode-download-http "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/leafnode/leafnode-&leafnode-version;.rel.tar.bz2">
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<!ENTITY leafnode-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/mirrors/sunsite/system/news/transport/leafnode-&leafnode-version;.rel.tar.bz2">
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<!ENTITY leafnode-md5sum "3360247f3cebf3c8cc5accf182cd4bcd">
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<!ENTITY leafnode-size "516 KB">
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<!ENTITY leafnode-buildsize "6.3 MB">
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<!ENTITY leafnode-time "0.10 SBU">
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]>
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<sect1 id="leafnode" xreflabel="Leafnode-&leafnode-version;">
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<?dbhtml filename="leafnode.html"?>
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<sect1info>
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<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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<date>$Date$</date>
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<keywordset>
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<keyword role="package">leafnode-&leafnode-version;.rel.tar</keyword>
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<keyword role="ftpdir">leafnode</keyword>
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</keywordset>
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</sect1info>
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<title>Leafnode-&leafnode-version;</title>
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<indexterm zone="leafnode">
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<primary sortas="a-Leafnode">Leafnode</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<sect2 role="package">
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<title>Introduction to Leafnode</title>
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<para><application>Leafnode</application> is an NNTP server designed
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for small sites to provide a local USENET spool.</para>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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<listitem>
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<para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&leafnode-download-http;"/></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&leafnode-download-ftp;"/></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Download MD5 sum: &leafnode-md5sum;</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Download size: &leafnode-size;</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Estimated disk space required: &leafnode-buildsize;</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Estimated build time: &leafnode-time;</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Leafnode Dependencies</bridgehead>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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<para role="required"><xref linkend="pcre"/> and
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<xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/></para>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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<para role="recommended"><xref linkend="xinetd"/> and
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<xref linkend="fcron"/></para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="installation">
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<title>Installation of Leafnode</title>
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<para>As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, create
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the group and user <systemitem class="username">news</systemitem>,
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if not present:</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 36 news &&
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useradd -c "Leafnode News Server" -d /var/spool/news -g news \
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-u 36 news</userinput></screen>
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<para>Install <application>Leafnode</application> by running the following
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commands:</para>
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<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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--localstatedir=/var --sysconfdir=/etc/leafnode \
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--with-lockfile=/var/lock/leafnode/fetchnews.lck &&
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make</userinput></screen>
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<para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
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<para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="commands">
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<title>Command Explanations</title>
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<para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var</parameter>: Change the default
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spool directory of <filename class="directory">/usr/var</filename>.</para>
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<para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/leafnode</parameter>:
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<application>Leafnode</application> reads its configuration data from a
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file called <filename>config</filename> which will be created in
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<filename class="directory">/etc/leafnode</filename> to
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avoid any potential conflict with other packages.</para>
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<para><command>make update</command>: Run this command if you are upgrading
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from a very old version of <application>Leafnode</application>.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="configuration">
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<title>Configuring Leafnode</title>
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<sect3 id="leafnode-config">
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<title>Config Files</title>
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<para><filename>/etc/leafnode/config</filename>,
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<filename>/etc/nntpserver</filename>,
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<filename>/etc/sysconfig/createfiles</filename>
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<filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename> or
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<filename>/etc/xinetd.conf</filename> or
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<filename>/etc/xinetd.d/nntp</filename></para>
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<indexterm zone="leafnode leafnode-config">
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<primary sortas="e-etc-leafnode-config">/etc/leafnode/config</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<indexterm zone="leafnode leafnode-config">
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<primary sortas="e-etc-nntpserver">/etc/nntpserver</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<indexterm zone="leafnode leafnode-config">
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<primary sortas="e-etc-xinetd.conf">/etc/xinetd.conf</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<indexterm zone="leafnode leafnode-config">
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<primary sortas="e-etc-inetd.conf">/etc/inetd.conf</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<indexterm zone="leafnode leafnode-config">
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<primary sortas="e-etc-sysconfig-createfiles">/etc/sysconfig/createfiles</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<indexterm zone="leafnode leafnode-config">
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<primary sortas="e-etc-xinetd.d-nntp">/etc/xinetd.d/nntp</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Configuration Information</title>
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<para>The <filename>/etc/leafnode/config</filename> file must be
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edited to reflect the name of the upstream NNTP provider. Copy the
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example configuration file to <filename>/etc/leafnode/config</filename>
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and save the original for reference:</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>cp /etc/leafnode/config.example /etc/leafnode/config</userinput></screen>
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<para>Change the</para>
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<screen><literal>server = </literal></screen>
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<para>entry to reflect your news provider.</para>
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<para>The <filename>/etc/nntpserver</filename> file must contain
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127.0.0.1 to prevent news clients from reading news from the upstream
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feed. Create this file using the following command:</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /etc/nntpserver << "EOF"
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<literal>127.0.0.1</literal>
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EOF</userinput></screen>
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<para>The <command>/etc/rc.d/init.d/cleanfs</command> script, part
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of the LFS bootscript package, will remove the
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<filename class="directory">/var/lock/leafnode</filename> directory
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during the system boot sequence. Install the following line in the
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<filename>/etc/sysconfig/createfiles</filename> file to re-create the
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directory:</para>
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<screen><literal>/var/lock/leafnode dir 2775 news news</literal></screen>
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<para><application>Leafnode</application> may be configured to
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use <command>inetd</command> by adding an entry to the
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<filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename> file with the following
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command:</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>echo "nntp stream tcp nowait news /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/leafnode" \
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>> /etc/inetd.conf</userinput></screen>
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<para>Issue a <command>killall -HUP inetd</command> to reread the
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changed <filename>inetd.conf</filename> file.</para>
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<para>If you use <command>xinetd</command>, the following command will
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create the <application>Leafnode</application> file as
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<filename>/etc/xinetd.d/nntp</filename>:</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>cat >> /etc/xinetd.d/nntp << "EOF"
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<literal># Begin /etc/xinetd.d/nntp
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service nntp
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{
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flags = NAMEINARGS NOLIBWRAP
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socket_type = stream
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protocol = tcp
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wait = no
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user = news
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server = /usr/sbin/tcpd
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server_args = /usr/sbin/leafnode
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instances = 7
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per_source = 3
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}
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# End /etc/xinetd.d/nntp</literal>
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EOF</userinput></screen>
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<para>Issue a <command>killall -HUP xinetd</command> to reread the
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changed <filename>xinetd.conf</filename> file.</para>
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<para>Add entries to the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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or <systemitem class="username">news</systemitem> user's crontab to run
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the <command>fetchnews</command> and <command>texpire</command> commands
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at the desired time intervals.</para>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="content">
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<title>Contents</title>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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<seglistitem>
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<seg>applyfilter, checkgroups, fetchnews, leafnode,
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leafnode-version, newsq, and texpire</seg>
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<seg>None</seg>
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<seg>/etc/leafnode, /var/lock/leafnode, and /var/spool/news</seg>
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</seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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<variablelist>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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<varlistentry id="applyfilter">
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<term><command>applyfilter</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>filters newsgroup articles according to regular
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expressions.</para>
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<indexterm zone="leafnode applyfilter">
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<primary sortas="b-applyfilter">applyfilter</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="checkgroups">
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<term><command>checkgroups</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>inserts newsgroup titles into the newsgroup database.</para>
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<indexterm zone="leafnode checkgroups">
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<primary sortas="b-checkgroups">checkgroups</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="fetchnews">
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<term><command>fetchnews</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>sends posted articles to and retrieves new articles from an
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upstream news server.</para>
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<indexterm zone="leafnode fetchnews">
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<primary sortas="b-fetchnews">fetchnews</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="leafnode-prog">
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<term><command>leafnode</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>is an NNTP server daemon.</para>
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<indexterm zone="leafnode leafnode-prog">
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<primary sortas="b-leafnode">leafnode</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="leafnode-version">
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<term><command>leafnode-version</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>prints the <application>Leafnode</application> version.</para>
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<indexterm zone="leafnode leafnode-version">
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<primary sortas="b-leafnode-version">leafnode-version</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="newsq">
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<term><command>newsq</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>shows articles waiting to be sent upstream.</para>
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<indexterm zone="leafnode newsq">
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<primary sortas="b-newsq">newsq</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="texpire">
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<term><command>texpire</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>expires old articles and unread groups.</para>
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<indexterm zone="leafnode texpire">
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<primary sortas="b-texpire">texpire</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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