wiki:howto/uucp/cnews

Installation

Debian

aptitude install cnews
# Only up to debian lenny
aptitude install nntp
# Only up to debian etch

Cnews

Cnews doesn't directly interact with I2P, but with UUCP only.

/etc/news/mailname

Configure the hostname for mail(Make sure it's the same as the one used in the uucp configuration!)

sample_site

/etc/news/whoami

Configure the hostname for news(Make sure it's the same as the one used in the uucp configuration!)

sample_site

/etc/news/organization

Which Organization should go into the Organization header line.

news2p

/etc/news/sys

Configure a simple outgoing feed.

# Accept everything
ME:all

# run a simple outgoing feed
foo:all,!to/all:f:
foo:to.foo/all:f:

/etc/cron.d/cnews

Default cron configuration.

# process incoming uucp batches
00,15,30,45     *    *   *   *   news   test -f /usr/lib/news/input/newsrun && /usr/lib/news/input/newsrun
# prepare outgoing uucp batches
40              *    *   *   *   news   test -f /usr/lib/news/batch/sendbatches && /usr/lib/news/batch/sendbatches
# searches for indications of problems
05,35           *    *   *   *   news   test -f /usr/lib/news/maint/newswatch && /usr/lib/news/maint/newswatch 3000 300 100

/etc/news/batchparams

Configure how to generate outgoing uucp batches.

# 500KB, after compress, is 4 minutes at 1000cps
# 20 batches is somewhat arbitrary, about 5MB per site

# site          class   size    queue   command
# ----          -----   ----    -----   -------
# defaults:  cunbatch header, transfer by uux
# /default/     u       500000  20      batcher | compcun | viauux

# small batches for slow modem (120cps), simple compression
# pluto         u       100000  10      batcher | compress | viauux

# system that wants 12-bit compress, cunbatch header, and grade "z"
# dewey         u       500000  20      batcher | compcun -b12 | viauux -gz

# use gzip, intensively -- this link is expensive and CPU is free -- and
#  set the upper limit for batch size to 3/4 meg rather than default
# huey  u       500000-750000   20      batcher | gzip -9 | viauux -d gunzip
foo             u       500000  20      batcher | gzip -9 | viauux -d gunzip

# NNTP link
# donald                n       40000   -       usenntpxmit donald.cia.gov

# sample ihave/sendme setup (you are not expected to understand this)
# louie.wehave  u       40000   20      batchih | viainews
# louie.ihave   u       40000   20      batchsm | viainews
# louie.sendme  u       40000   20      batchra

/etc/news/controlperm

Configure, which control messages are supposed to be processed in which way.

# Dave Lawrence runs the main Usenet hierarchies
#comp,sci,misc,news,rec,soc,talk        tale@uunet.uu.net       n       y
# but his name can be forged, so don't let him rmgroup...
#comp,sci,misc,news,rec,soc,talk        tale@uunet.uu.net       r       n
# and nobody else gets any attention in these hierarchies
#comp,sci,misc,news,rec,soc,talk        any                     nr      nq

# same for Jim McIntosh in bit
#bit                            jim@american.edu        n       y
#bit                            jim@american.edu        r       n
#bit                            any                     nr      nq

# ClariNet newgroups come from this address
#clari                          clarinet@clarinet.com   n       yv
# You can turn this on, at the risk of accepting forged rmgroups
#clari                          clarinet@clarinet.com   r       nv
# And that's all for ClariNet.
#clari                          any                     nr      nq

# it's really tempting to change this one to nq...
#alt                            any                     nr      nv

# to.all groups are manually manipulated only
#to                             any                     nr      nq

# final default:  refuse noisily
all                             any                     nr      nv

Create a usenet group(local only)

In case you want this group locally only or miss the creategroup control message.

cnewsdo addgroup mysite.test y

NNTPd

To make this server publicly accessible create a new standard server tunnel in I2PTunnel and point it to localhost:1119.

/etc/inetd.conf

Let nntpd listen on the port 1119

1119    stream    tcp    nowait   news /usr/sbin/tcpd  /usr/lib/news/nntp/nntpd

/etc/news/nntp_access

Configure authentication and stuff.

#
# Sample NNTP access file. 
# Note that "default" must be the first entry in the
# table. Order is important. Put the most restictive
# entried just behind "default"
#
# If you defined SUBNET when you compiled the server,
# this file can have subnets as well as class A, B, C
# networks, hosts, and domains.
#
# host/net              read/xfer/both/no       post/no
#
# by default, let anyone read news or post news
default                 read            post
# bugs, a notorious undergraduate machine, is not allowed
# to read or post news at all.
#bugs.berkeley.edu      no              no
# ic can read and post news, but users on ic cannot read
# articles in the group ucb.postgres or any of its decendents
# (e.g., ucb.postgres.core)
#ic                     read            post    !ucb.postgres
# hosts on the Berkeley campus can read and post news
#*.berkeley.edu         read            post
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