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From: whna@cgch.UUCP (Heinz Naef)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin,news.config,news.software.b
Subject: posting news from systems in a LAN environment
Message-ID: <549@cgcha.cgch.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 30-Oct-87 04:47:07 EST
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Posted: Fri Oct 30 04:47:07 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 5-Nov-87 00:20:53 EST
Organization: CIBA-GEIGY AG, FO/WIRZ/WRZ, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland
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Keywords: postnews inews LAN Sun uucp uux
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We are looking for a transparent (and reliably working) solution for
posting news from every system (workstation or file server) in a LAN.
 - There is only one of the file servers (call it "mailhost") connected
   to the USENET backbone, therefore, is using uucp/uux transport.
 - News $SPOOLDIR and $LIBDIR are NFS-mounted on each system (reading news
   is no problem).
Any attempt to post news from a system other than the "mailhost" fails
because the final "uux - -r -z <backbone>!rnews" fails (with code 68).
Any ideas how we could arrange for postnews (and other inews mechanisms)
from each system without changing the inews' or other sources?
Thanks for any comments, hints and tips.
Heinz Naef, c/o CIBA-GEIGY AG, R-1032.5.62, P.O.Box, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland
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