NAME¶
checkgroups - update group descriptions
SYNOPSIS¶
checkgroups checkgroupsfile
DESCRIPTION¶
Leafnode is a USENET package intended for small sites, where there are
few users and little disk space, but where a large number of groups is
desired.
Checkgroups is the program which parses checkgroup scripts to include
new/updated group descriptions into the active file (which is usually
/var/spool/news/leaf.node/groupinfo).
Checkgroups sets its real and effective uid to "news".
OPTIONS¶
- checkgroupsfile
- is a file which contains the newsgroup name and the description on one
line, separated by whitespace. Checkgroups scripts are sometimes sent out
by news administrators (e.g. in the bionet.* hierarchy).
ENVIRONMENT¶
- LN_LOCK_TIMEOUT
- This variable is parsed as an unsigned integer value and determines how
many seconds checkgroups will wait when trying to obtain the lock file
from another leafnode program. 0 means to wait indefinitely. This variable
takes precedence over the configuration file.
AUTHOR¶
Written by Cornelius Krasel <krasel@wpxx02.toxi.uni-wuerzburg.de>.
Copyright 1997-1999.
Modified by Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>. Copyright 2002-2004.
Leafnode was originally written by Arnt Gulbrandsen <agulbra@troll.no> and
is copyright 1995-96 Troll Tech AS, Postboks 6133 Etterstad, 0602 Oslo,
Norway, fax +47 22646949.
SEE ALSO¶
leafnode(8),
texpire(8),
RFC 977.
