Hello everybody!
I just installed suck-3.3.2-1 at my Debian-1.2 system and noticed that
when i upload the messages from my own newsserver to our universities
newshost using the supplied get-news.inn script i get the following error
message (look for "<--relevant part" on the right hand side):
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-------------------cut-here--------------------------------------------
Processed history, 0 dupes removed
Total Articles to Download: 33
246344 Bytes Received in 1 mins 9.01 seconds, BPS = 3569.9
Closed connection to infosys.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE
Building Inn Batch File
Downloaded Articles
Ok
reloaded ctlinnd
Using Port 119
Official host name: infosys.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE
Alias news.uni-mainz.de
Address: 134.93.8.129
Connected to infosys.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE
200 news.uni-mainz.de InterNetNews NNRP server INN 1.4 22-Dec-93 ready
(posting ok).
/var/spool/news//var/spool/news/jogu/test/1 does not exist<--relevant part
Skipping Empty Article ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Closing connection to infosys.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE
Remotely posted articles
rm: /var/lib/suck/rpost.news.uni-mainz.de.6887: No such file or directory
You can hang up the modem now
Posted Articles Locally
[root]/root > cat /var/spool/news/.outgoing/news.uni-mainz.de
[root]/root >
------------------------cut-here------------------------------------------
And after this my /var/spool/news/.outgoing/news.uni-mainz.de is simple
gone without having posted anything which is not very nice.
The entries in /etc/suck/get-news.conf are
server: localhost
remoteserver: news.uni-mainz.de
outgoingfile: news.uni-mainz.de
Now in the script /usr/sbin/get-news.inn the part in question as
follows:
------------------------cut-here------------------------------------------
# outgoing articles to post
${RPOST} ${REMOTE_SERVER} ${AUTHOPTS} -b ${OUTGOINGNEW} \\ c'd n.l.
-p ${SPOOLDIR} -f \$\$o=${OUTFILE} ${SCRIPT} \$\$i ${OUTFILE}
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
echo "Error remote posting"
exit -1;
else
echo "Remotely posted articles"
rm ${OUTFILE} ${OUTGOINGNEW}
fi
------------------------cut-here------------------------------------------
The variable "-p ${SPOOLDIR}" expands to "/var/spool/news/" and gets
prefixed to the articles numbers to be posted as stated in
/var/spool/news/.outgoing/name.of.news.site ($OUTGOING) which already
are listed there containing the full path of their location on the local
site's spool. Therefore the whole thing expands to the following name
/var/spool/news//var/spool/news/group/name/article/1
for which the script just returns an error message and quits.
I've changed the part in question in /usr/sbin/get-news.inn manually:
------------------------cut-here------------------------------------------
# outgoing articles to post
${RPOST} ${REMOTE_SERVER} ${AUTHOPTS} -b ${OUTGOINGNEW} \\ ct'd
-f \$\$o=${OUTFILE} ${SCRIPT} \$\$i ${OUTFILE}
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
echo "Error remote posting"
mv ${OUTGOINGNEW} ${OUTGOING}
else
echo "Remotely posted articles"
rm ${OUTFILE} ${OUTGOINGNEW}
fi
------------------------cut-here------------------------------------------
I only removed the variable "-p ${SPOOLDIR}" and changed the line after
'echo "Error remote posting"' to "mv ${OUTGOINGNEW} ${OUTGOING}" instead
of "exit -1;" so that my list of articles to be posted is preserved.
This way it works just like a charm. Actually i had to change this stuff
manually whenever i installed suck before. The original distribution
contains exactly the same flaw.
But as it seems obviously nobody so far had any trouble with the script
like i had because i never read any complaints about this very fact on
usenet and i wonder why? Is there possibly something else wrong with my
news setup? Which would make me wonder because i strictly kept to the
Debian stuff and didn't tinker with the provided scripts.
Any ideas someone?
Regards, P. *8^)
PS: I sent a copy of this mail either to the maintainer of the original
suck distribution as well as to the maintainer of the Debian package.
Therefore i have attached the original get-news.inn under the name of
"get-news.inn.dist" and the one i have changed as "get-news.inn".
--
Paul Seelig [EMAIL PROTECTED]
African Music Archive - Institute for Ethnology and Africa Studies
Johannes Gutenberg-University - Forum 6 - 55099 Mainz/Germany
Our AMA Homepage in the WWW at http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bender/
#!/bin/sh
# NOTE: this script needs to be run by root.
# Debian systems will not allow normal users to run ctlinnd and innxmit.
# Script distributed with suck but modified by Christophe Le Bars for the
Debian package.
# authinfo compatibility by Brian Mays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
COMMAND=$0
ETCDIR=/etc/suck # location of sucknewsrc* and killfile*
GETNEWSCONF=${ETCDIR}/get-news.conf # defaults for this script
if [ -z "${PAGER}" ]; then
PAGER=more
fi
LOCAL_SERVER=`grep ^server: ${GETNEWSCONF} \
| awk '{gsub(" ","");print}' | cut -c8-`
REMOTE_SERVER=`grep ^remoteserver: ${GETNEWSCONF} \
| awk '{gsub(" ","");print}' | cut -c14-`
SITE=`grep ^outgoingfile: ${GETNEWSCONF} \
| awk '{gsub(" ","");print}' | cut -c14-`
USER=`grep ^userid: ${GETNEWSCONF} \
| awk '{gsub(" ","");print}' | cut -c8-`
PASSWD=`grep ^password: ${GETNEWSCONF} \
| awk '{gsub(" ","");print}' | cut -c10-`
REMOTE_SERVER_DEFAULT=${REMOTE_SERVER}
if [ -z "${LOCAL_SERVER}" ]; then
LOCAL_SERVER=localhost
fi
while [ ! -z "$1" ]; do
case "$1" in
-outgoingfile)
shift
SITE_OPTION=$1
shift
;;
-server)
shift
LOCAL_SERVER=$1
shift
;;
-userid)
shift
USER=$1
shift
;;
-password)
shift
PASSWD=$1
shift
;;
-noauth)
shift
USER=""
PASSWD=""
;;
-h)
$PAGER <<__END__
Usage: $COMMAND [-option parm] [<sitename>]
<sitename> The NNTP server you will connect to.
(if nothing, $COMMAND read ${GETNEWSCONF})
Options:
-outgoingfile <filename> The file of your remote server
outgoing articles.
(default = the remote server name)
-userid <userid> The userid to send to the remote
server.
-password <password> The password to send to the remote
server.
-noauth Do not send userid and password.
(even if they are specified in
${GETNEWSCONF})
-server <sitename> Your local NNTP server.
(default = "$LOCAL_SERVER")
__END__
exit 0
;;
*)
REMOTE_SERVER=$1
shift
;;
esac
done
if [ -z "${SITE}" ]; then
SITE=${REMOTE_SERVER}
fi
if [ ! "${REMOTE_SERVER_DEFAULT}" = "${REMOTE_SERVER}" ]; then
SITE=${REMOTE_SERVER}
fi
if [ ! -z "${SITE_OPTION}" ]; then
SITE=${SITE_OPTION}
fi
if [ ! -z "${USER}" ]; then
AUTHOPTS="-U ${USER}"
else
AUTHOPTS=""
fi
if [ ! -z "${PASSWD}" ]; then
AUTHOPTS="$AUTHOPTS -P ${PASSWD}"
fi
BINDIR=/usr/bin # base directory for suck rpost and
testhost
SBINDIR=/usr/sbin # base directory for scripts
NEWSDIR=/usr/lib/news # base directory for news binaries
SPOOLDIR=/var/spool/news # base directory for articles to be
rposted
OUTGOING=${SPOOLDIR}/.outgoing/${SITE} # location of the list of articles to
upload
OUTGOINGNEW=${OUTGOING}.new # temporarily used during upload of
articles
INNXMIT=${NEWSDIR}/bin/innxmit # location of INNXMIT
CTLINND=${NEWSDIR}/bin/ctlinnd # location of CTLINND
SUCKDIR=/var/lib/suck # location for suck files
LASTDIR=${SUCKDIR}/last.${REMOTE_SERVER} # last get-news suck files
MSGDIR=${SUCKDIR}/msg.${REMOTE_SERVER} # where to put MultiFile
articles when getting them
OUTFILE=${SUCKDIR}/rpost.${REMOTE_SERVER}.$$ # used by rpost as article
after it is filtered
BATCHFILE=${SUCKDIR}/batch.${REMOTE_SERVER}.$$ # Name of batchfile to build
for rnews or innxmit
RPOST=${BINDIR}/rpost # my rpost
SUCK=${BINDIR}/suck # my suck
TESTHOST=${BINDIR}/testhost # my testhost
SCRIPT=${SBINDIR}/put-news # my filter for rpost
# is the local host up and running so we can post articles we download?
${TESTHOST} ${LOCAL_SERVER} -s -e
LOCAL_RESULT=$?
if [ ${LOCAL_RESULT} -ne 0 ]; then
echo "Bad status for the ${LOCAL_SERVER} local NNTP news server"
exit 1
fi
# is the remote host up and running so we can download articles?
${TESTHOST} ${REMOTE_SERVER} -s -e
REMOTE_RESULT=$?
if [ ${REMOTE_RESULT} -ne 0 ]; then
echo "Bad status for the ${REMOTE_SERVER} remote NNTP news server"
exit 2
fi
[ -d ${LASTDIR} ] || mkdir ${LASTDIR}
if [ "${REMOTE_SERVER_DEFAULT}" = "${REMOTE_SERVER}" ]; then
# download articles with the default remote server
${SUCK} ${REMOTE_SERVER} ${AUTHOPTS} -bi ${BATCHFILE} -dt ${SUCKDIR}
-dm ${MSGDIR} -dd ${ETCDIR}
SUCK_STATUS=$?
if [ ${SUCK_STATUS} -eq 0 ]; then
echo "Downloaded Articles"
mv ${ETCDIR}/sucknewsrc ${ETCDIR}/sucknewsrc.old
mv ${SUCKDIR}/suck.newrc ${ETCDIR}/sucknewsrc
mv ${SUCKDIR}/suck.sorted ${LASTDIR}
if [ -f ${SUCKDIR}/suck.killlog ]; then
mv ${SUCKDIR}/suck.killlog ${LASTDIR}
fi
if [ -f ${ETCDIR}/suckothermsgs ]; then
mv ${ETCDIR}/suckothermsgs ${LASTDIR}
fi
fi
else
# download articles
${SUCK} ${REMOTE_SERVER} ${AUTHOPTS} -bi ${BATCHFILE} -dt ${SUCKDIR}
-dm ${MSGDIR} -dd ${ETCDIR} -p .${REMOTE_SERVER}
SUCK_STATUS=$?
if [ ${SUCK_STATUS} -eq 0 ]; then
echo "Downloaded Articles"
mv ${ETCDIR}/sucknewsrc.${REMOTE_SERVER}
${ETCDIR}/sucknewsrc.${REMOTE_SERVER}.old
mv ${SUCKDIR}/suck.newrc.${REMOTE_SERVER}
${ETCDIR}/sucknewsrc.${REMOTE_SERVER}
mv ${SUCKDIR}/suck.*.${REMOTE_SERVER} ${LASTDIR}
if [ -f ${ETCDIR}/suckothermsgs.${REMOTE_SERVER} ]; then
mv ${ETCDIR}/suckothermsgs.${REMOTE_SERVER} ${LASTDIR}
fi
fi
fi
# now upload articles
if [ -s ${OUTGOING} ]; then
# this is needed by INND so that the outgoing file will be
# properly flushed and we have a new blank file to work with
# when we are done
# First mv the current one to a new file name
# Since innd already has the file open, it doesn't care
# about the rename.
# The flush will ensure that all articles to be posted have
# been written out, close off the old one (already renamed)
# and create a new one.
mv ${OUTGOING} ${OUTGOINGNEW}
${CTLINND} flush ${SITE}
echo "reloaded ctlinnd"
# outgoing articles to post
${RPOST} ${REMOTE_SERVER} ${AUTHOPTS} -b ${OUTGOINGNEW} -f
\$\$o=${OUTFILE} ${SCRIPT} \$\$i ${OUTFILE}
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
echo "Error remote posting!Try again later!"
mv ${OUTGOINGNEW} ${OUTGOING}
else
echo "Remotely posted articles"
rm ${OUTFILE} ${OUTGOINGNEW}
fi
fi
echo "You can hang up the modem now"
if [ -f ${BATCHFILE} ]; then
# locally post articles
${INNXMIT} ${LOCAL_SERVER} ${BATCHFILE}
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
echo "Local posting error"
exit -1;
else
echo "Posted Articles Locally"
rm -rf ${MSGDIR}
fi
fi
#!/bin/sh
# NOTE: this script needs to be run by root.
# Debian systems will not allow normal users to run ctlinnd and innxmit.
# Script distributed with suck but modified by Christophe Le Bars for the
Debian package.
# authinfo compatibility by Brian Mays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
COMMAND=$0
ETCDIR=/etc/suck # location of sucknewsrc* and killfile*
GETNEWSCONF=${ETCDIR}/get-news.conf # defaults for this script
if [ -z "${PAGER}" ]; then
PAGER=more
fi
LOCAL_SERVER=`grep ^server: ${GETNEWSCONF} \
| awk '{gsub(" ","");print}' | cut -c8-`
REMOTE_SERVER=`grep ^remoteserver: ${GETNEWSCONF} \
| awk '{gsub(" ","");print}' | cut -c14-`
SITE=`grep ^outgoingfile: ${GETNEWSCONF} \
| awk '{gsub(" ","");print}' | cut -c14-`
USER=`grep ^userid: ${GETNEWSCONF} \
| awk '{gsub(" ","");print}' | cut -c8-`
PASSWD=`grep ^password: ${GETNEWSCONF} \
| awk '{gsub(" ","");print}' | cut -c10-`
REMOTE_SERVER_DEFAULT=${REMOTE_SERVER}
if [ -z "${LOCAL_SERVER}" ]; then
LOCAL_SERVER=localhost
fi
while [ ! -z "$1" ]; do
case "$1" in
-outgoingfile)
shift
SITE_OPTION=$1
shift
;;
-server)
shift
LOCAL_SERVER=$1
shift
;;
-userid)
shift
USER=$1
shift
;;
-password)
shift
PASSWD=$1
shift
;;
-noauth)
shift
USER=""
PASSWD=""
;;
-h)
$PAGER <<__END__
Usage: $COMMAND [-option parm] [<sitename>]
<sitename> The NNTP server you will connect to.
(if nothing, $COMMAND read ${GETNEWSCONF})
Options:
-outgoingfile <filename> The file of your remote server
outgoing articles.
(default = the remote server name)
-userid <userid> The userid to send to the remote
server.
-password <password> The password to send to the remote
server.
-noauth Do not send userid and password.
(even if they are specified in
${GETNEWSCONF})
-server <sitename> Your local NNTP server.
(default = "$LOCAL_SERVER")
__END__
exit 0
;;
*)
REMOTE_SERVER=$1
shift
;;
esac
done
if [ -z "${SITE}" ]; then
SITE=${REMOTE_SERVER}
fi
if [ ! "${REMOTE_SERVER_DEFAULT}" = "${REMOTE_SERVER}" ]; then
SITE=${REMOTE_SERVER}
fi
if [ ! -z "${SITE_OPTION}" ]; then
SITE=${SITE_OPTION}
fi
if [ ! -z "${USER}" ]; then
AUTHOPTS="-U ${USER}"
else
AUTHOPTS=""
fi
if [ ! -z "${PASSWD}" ]; then
AUTHOPTS="$AUTHOPTS -P ${PASSWD}"
fi
BINDIR=/usr/bin # base directory for suck rpost and
testhost
SBINDIR=/usr/sbin # base directory for scripts
NEWSDIR=/usr/lib/news # base directory for news binaries
SPOOLDIR=/var/spool/news # base directory for articles to be
rposted
OUTGOING=${SPOOLDIR}/.outgoing/${SITE} # location of the list of articles to
upload
OUTGOINGNEW=${OUTGOING}.new # temporarily used during upload of
articles
INNXMIT=${NEWSDIR}/bin/innxmit # location of INNXMIT
CTLINND=${NEWSDIR}/bin/ctlinnd # location of CTLINND
SUCKDIR=/var/lib/suck # location for suck files
LASTDIR=${SUCKDIR}/last.${REMOTE_SERVER} # last get-news suck files
MSGDIR=${SUCKDIR}/msg.${REMOTE_SERVER} # where to put MultiFile
articles when getting them
OUTFILE=${SUCKDIR}/rpost.${REMOTE_SERVER}.$$ # used by rpost as article
after it is filtered
BATCHFILE=${SUCKDIR}/batch.${REMOTE_SERVER}.$$ # Name of batchfile to build
for rnews or innxmit
RPOST=${BINDIR}/rpost # my rpost
SUCK=${BINDIR}/suck # my suck
TESTHOST=${BINDIR}/testhost # my testhost
SCRIPT=${SBINDIR}/put-news # my filter for rpost
# is the local host up and running so we can post articles we download?
${TESTHOST} ${LOCAL_SERVER} -s -e
LOCAL_RESULT=$?
if [ ${LOCAL_RESULT} -ne 0 ]; then
echo "Bad status for the ${LOCAL_SERVER} local NNTP news server"
exit 1
fi
# is the remote host up and running so we can download articles?
${TESTHOST} ${REMOTE_SERVER} -s -e
REMOTE_RESULT=$?
if [ ${REMOTE_RESULT} -ne 0 ]; then
echo "Bad status for the ${REMOTE_SERVER} remote NNTP news server"
exit 2
fi
[ -d ${LASTDIR} ] || mkdir ${LASTDIR}
if [ "${REMOTE_SERVER_DEFAULT}" = "${REMOTE_SERVER}" ]; then
# download articles with the default remote server
${SUCK} ${REMOTE_SERVER} ${AUTHOPTS} -bi ${BATCHFILE} -dt ${SUCKDIR}
-dm ${MSGDIR} -dd ${ETCDIR}
SUCK_STATUS=$?
if [ ${SUCK_STATUS} -eq 0 ]; then
echo "Downloaded Articles"
mv ${ETCDIR}/sucknewsrc ${ETCDIR}/sucknewsrc.old
mv ${SUCKDIR}/suck.newrc ${ETCDIR}/sucknewsrc
mv ${SUCKDIR}/suck.sorted ${LASTDIR}
if [ -f ${SUCKDIR}/suck.killlog ]; then
mv ${SUCKDIR}/suck.killlog ${LASTDIR}
fi
if [ -f ${ETCDIR}/suckothermsgs ]; then
mv ${ETCDIR}/suckothermsgs ${LASTDIR}
fi
fi
else
# download articles
${SUCK} ${REMOTE_SERVER} ${AUTHOPTS} -bi ${BATCHFILE} -dt ${SUCKDIR}
-dm ${MSGDIR} -dd ${ETCDIR} -p .${REMOTE_SERVER}
SUCK_STATUS=$?
if [ ${SUCK_STATUS} -eq 0 ]; then
echo "Downloaded Articles"
mv ${ETCDIR}/sucknewsrc.${REMOTE_SERVER}
${ETCDIR}/sucknewsrc.${REMOTE_SERVER}.old
mv ${SUCKDIR}/suck.newrc.${REMOTE_SERVER}
${ETCDIR}/sucknewsrc.${REMOTE_SERVER}
mv ${SUCKDIR}/suck.*.${REMOTE_SERVER} ${LASTDIR}
if [ -f ${ETCDIR}/suckothermsgs.${REMOTE_SERVER} ]; then
mv ${ETCDIR}/suckothermsgs.${REMOTE_SERVER} ${LASTDIR}
fi
fi
fi
# now upload articles
if [ -s ${OUTGOING} ]; then
# this is needed by INND so that the outgoing file will be
# properly flushed and we have a new blank file to work with
# when we are done
# First mv the current one to a new file name
# Since innd already has the file open, it doesn't care
# about the rename.
# The flush will ensure that all articles to be posted have
# been written out, close off the old one (already renamed)
# and create a new one.
mv ${OUTGOING} ${OUTGOINGNEW}
${CTLINND} flush ${SITE}
echo "reloaded ctlinnd"
# outgoing articles to post
${RPOST} ${REMOTE_SERVER} ${AUTHOPTS} -b ${OUTGOINGNEW} -p ${SPOOLDIR}
-f \$\$o=${OUTFILE} ${SCRIPT} \$\$i ${OUTFILE}
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
echo "Error remote posting"
exit -1;
else
echo "Remotely posted articles"
rm ${OUTFILE} ${OUTGOINGNEW}
fi
fi
echo "You can hang up the modem now"
if [ -f ${BATCHFILE} ]; then
# locally post articles
${INNXMIT} ${LOCAL_SERVER} ${BATCHFILE}
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
echo "Local posting error"
exit -1;
else
echo "Posted Articles Locally"
rm -rf ${MSGDIR}
fi
fi
