Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucla-cs.ARPA
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!cepu!ucla-cs!ekrell
From: ekrell@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: .signature handling in Pnews (rn)
Message-ID: <4741@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Tue, 9-Apr-85 15:13:29 EST
Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.4741
Posted: Tue Apr  9 15:13:29 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 13-Apr-85 04:04:28 EST
References: <139@timeinc.UUCP>
Reply-To: ekrell@ucla-cs.UUCP (Eduardo Krell)
Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department
Lines: 12
Summary: 

In article <139@timeinc.UUCP> dwight@timeb.UUCP (Dwight Ernest) writes:
>
>For some reason, our inews here must not be properly tuned or is not
>being passed the proper switches, or soemthing like that.

  Since inews runs as setuid news, your home directory and your .signature
MUST be readable by others in order to enable inews to include it. If your home
directory is protected (unreadable by others) or if your .signature is
unreadable then you won't be able to use your .signature.
-- 
    Eduardo Krell               UCLA Computer Science Department
    ekrell@ucla-locus.arpa      ..!{sdcrdcf,ihnp4,trwspp,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!ekrell