INN.CONF(5)INN.CONF(5)NAMEinn.conf - configuration data for InterNetNews programs
DESCRIPTION
The file /var/spool/news/data/inn.conf is used to determine various
parameters. Blank lines and lines starting with a number sign (``#'')
are ignored. All other lines specify parameters that may be read, and
should be of the following form:
name : [optional whitespace] value
Everything after the whitespace and up to the end of the line is taken
as the value; multi-word values should not be put in quotes. The case
of names is significant — server is not the same as Server or SERVER.
Some parameters specified in the file may be overridden by environment
variables, and some file parameters may be used to mask real data, such
as when hiding a cluster of hosts behind a single electronic mail host‐
name. The current set of parameters is as follows:
fromhost
This is the name of the host to use when building the From
header line. The default is the fully-qualified domain name of
the local host. The value of the FROMHOST environment variable,
if it exists, overrides this.
moderatormailer
This names the default machine that contains forwarding aliases
for all moderated groups. It is only used if the moderators(5)
file doesn't exist, or if the group is not matched by that file.
The value is interpreted as a pattern match; see moderators(5).
organization
This specifies what to put in the Organization header if it is
blank. The value of the ORGANIZATION environment variable, if
it exists, overrides this.
pathhost
This specifies how to name the local site when building the Path
header line. The default is the fully-qualified domain name of
the local host.
server This specifies the name of the NNTP server to which an article
should be posted. The value of the NNTPSERVER environment vari‐
able, if it exists, overrides this.
domain This should be the domain name of the local host. It should not
have a leading period, and it should not be a full host address.
It is used only if the GetFQDN routine in libinn(3) cannot get
the fully-qualified domain name by using either the gethost‐
name(2) or gethostbyname(3) calls. The check is very simple; if
either routine returns a name with a period in it, then it is
assumed to have the full domain name.
Three parameters are used only by nnrpd when accepting postings from
clients:
mime-version
If this parameter is present, then nnrpd will add the necessary
MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) headers to all any
articles that do not have a Mime-Version header. This parameter
specifies the MIME version, and should normally be ``1.0''.
mime-contenttype
If MIME headers are being added, this parameter specifies the
value of the Content-Type header. The default value is
``text/plain; charset=US-ASCII.''
mime-encoding
If MIME headers are being added, this parameter specifies the
value of the Content-Transfer-Encoding header. The default
value is ``7bit.''
Note that this file can be identical on all machines in an organiza‐
tion.
EXAMPLE
fromhost: foo.com
moderatormailer: %s@uunet.uu.net
organization: Foo, Incorporated
#pathhost -- use FQDN.
server: news.foo.com
domain: foo.com
This file is intended to be fairly static; any changes made to it are
typically not reflected until a program restarts.
HISTORY
Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews. This is
revision 1.14, dated 1993/01/29.
SEE ALSOlibinn(3), moderators(5).
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