Linux Network Administrator's Guide, Second Edition

Managing INN: The ctlinnd Command

The INN news server comes with a command to manage its day-to-day operation. The ctlinnd command can be used to manipulate newsgroups and newsgroup feeds, to obtain the status, of the server, and to reload, stop, and start the server.

You’d normally get a summary of the ctlinnd command syntax using:

               # ctlinnd -h

We’ll cover some of the more important uses of ctlinnd here; please consult the ctlinnd manual page for more detail.

Add a New Group

Use the following syntax to add a new group:

ctlinnd newgroup group 
                  rest 
                  creator

The arguments are defined as follows:

group

The name of the group to create.

rest

This argument should be coded in the same way as the flags field of the active file. It defaults to y if not supplied.

creator

The name of the person creating the group. Enclose it in quotes if there are any spaces in the name.

Change a Group

Use the following syntax to change a group:

ctlinnd changegroup group 
                  rest

The arguments are defined as follows:

group

The name of the group to change.

rest

This argument should be coded in the same way as the flags field of the active file.

This command is useful to change the moderation status of a group.

Remove a Group

Use the following syntax to remove a group:

ctlinnd rmgroup group

The argument is defined as follows:

group

The name of the group to remove.

This command removes the specified newsgroup from the active file. It has no effect on the news spool. All articles in the spool for the specified group will ...