Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!claris!sts!sts!roy
From: roy@sts.sts.UUCP
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: strange problem with postnews(1)
Message-ID: <69000004@sts>
Date: 1 Sep 89 04:01:18 GMT
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Nf-ID: #N:sts:69000004:000:1199
Nf-From: sts.sts.UUCP!roy    Aug 31 19:55:00 1989


I have a strange problem with the postnews(1) which comes with C-news.
Below is an attempt at posting an article in misc.test with it.  As
you can see from some of the checks I did after the failure,
everything LOOKS ok.  Is there something else I should be LOOKing at?
Thanks!

Script started on Thu Aug 31 19:41:13 1989
bash$ postnews
Newsgroup(s)? misc.test
Subject: Test
.
.
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edit article
.
.
.
Posting...
bash$ relaynews: can't create lock temporary `/var/news/LOCKTMa05456' (Permission denied)
/bin/inews: article in /home/roy/dead.article

bash$ ls -l /usr/lib/newsbin/relay/relaynews
-rwsrwsr-x  1 notes       57344 Aug 31 10:59 /usr/lib/newsbin/relay/relaynews
bash$ ls -ld /var/news
drwxr-xr-x  4 notes        1536 Aug 31 19:38 /var/news
bash$ 
script done on Thu Aug 31 19:41:55 1989


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