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From: ebersman@software.org (Paul Ebersman)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: review of news programs/readers?
Keywords: nn, Gnews, gnus
Message-ID: <708@software.software.org>
Date: 14 Mar 90 13:37:57 GMT
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> >As far as I know, nn is the only newsreader that needs a database.
> >(Threaded rn does too, I think) As a result, installation needs some
> >intervention from someone with root/news privileges.
> 

Not true. You simply have the nn programs running as setgid to the
group of the database. I have nn installed for myself, since the local
admins didn't want to install it, and I have it running with no setuid
or setgid priveleges with no problem.

 
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