SYNOPSIS
checkgroups checkgroupsfile
DESCRIPTION
Leafnode is a USENET package intended for small sites, where there are few users and little disk space, but where a large number of groups is desired.Checkgroups is the program which parses checkgroup scripts to include new/updated group descriptions into the active file (which is usually /var/spool/news/leaf.node/groupinfo).
Checkgroups sets its real and effective uid to "news".
OPTIONS
- checkgroupsfile
-
is a file which contains the newsgroup name and the description on one
line, separated by whitespace. Checkgroups scripts are sometimes sent
out by news administrators (e.g. in the bionet.* hierarchy).
ENVIRONMENT
- LN_LOCK_TIMEOUT
-
This variable is parsed as an unsigned integer value and determines how
many seconds checkgroups will wait when trying to obtain the lock file
from another leafnode program. 0 means to wait indefinitely. This
variable takes precedence over the configuration file.
AUTHOR
Written by Cornelius Krasel <[email protected]>. Copyright 1997-1999.Modified by Matthias Andree <[email protected]>. Copyright 2002-2004.
Leafnode was originally written by Arnt Gulbrandsen <[email protected]> and is copyright 1995-96 Troll Tech AS, Postboks 6133 Etterstad, 0602 Oslo, Norway, fax +47 22646949.