Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:29846 news.admin:12950 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-picayune.mit.edu!athena.mit.edu!jik From: jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,news.admin Subject: Re: newsgroup Message-ID: Date: 28 Mar 91 04:52:57 GMT References: <26351@adm.brl.mil> Sender: news@athena.mit.edu (News system) Followup-To: news.admin Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lines: 42 In-Reply-To: kcpeng%ccsun1.csie.nctu.edu.tw@cunyvm.cuny.edu's message of 26 Mar 91 07:37:48 GMT In article <26351@adm.brl.mil> kcpeng%ccsun1.csie.nctu.edu.tw@cunyvm.cuny.edu writes: I'd like to form a local newsgroup. Any clue is highly welcome as I have no a bit idea how to start with(I've installed rn). Well, a good place to start is by posting in the correct newsgroup. Comp.unix.questions is for questions about Unix. The "news" hierarchy, on the other hand, is for discussing netnews, which seems much more relevant in this particular case. So, I've cross-posted this response to news.admin, which is for discussing the administration of NetNews sites, which is what your question is about, and I've directed followups there. Now, the second thing that needs to be pointed out is that the newsreader you are using has nothing to do with how you install newsgroups at your site. Since you say that you've installed rn, I assume that you've also installed the rest of the news software, in which case you can tell us what news software you are using -- B news, C news, or something else entirely? If you're running C news, you need to modify the ME entry in your sys file so that it mentions the top-level hierarchy under which you intend to place your local groups (if you intend to create a new hierarchy for them, which is what is usually done). Then you use the "addgroup" command as news to create the newsgroup. You might also need to add the newsgroup to the "newsgroups" list in your lib directory, but I'm not convinced that's necessary. If you're running B news, the procedure may or may not be similar (I've never admin'd a C news system, so I don't know for sure.). But, in any case, I encourage you to upgrade to C news :-). If you're not the person who administrates news at your site, then you need to ask that person to create the newsgroup; random users can't create newsgroups. I hope this helps. Jonathan Kamens USnail: MIT Project Athena 11 Ashford Terrace jik@Athena.MIT.EDU Allston, MA 02134 Office: 617-253-8085 Home: 617-782-0710