[leafnode-list] Re: Leafnode 2.0 and local groups..

[Matthias Andree]

ino-news at spotteswoode.dnsalias.org (clemens fischer) writes:

> On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 Martin wrote:
>
>> Just tested with 2.0.0_alpha20060321:
>> 
>> Existing newsgroup: internal.test
>> Existing directory structure: internal/test/
>> New newsgroup: internal.test.second
>
>> While posting to internal.test.second leafnode created
>> internal/test/second/ as it seems to be needed.
>
> how did you do this? i just tried "tin" to subscribe to some
> non-existing group, which failed.
>
> did you update etc/leafnode/local.groups and restart the server? use
> telnet?

Tin caches the active file for a while (1200 s = 20 min for my version),
so you won't see the new groups immediately, unless you restart tin
(perhaps the "Y" key helps, too, I haven't tried that).

>> The totally new group "no.dirs.needed" (not even no/ existed) behaved
>> in the same way. Right after posting there, no/dirs/needed/ appeared.
>
> might be a bad idea, as "no.*" might be a norwegian hierarchy and your
> posts go upstream!

Assuming no.dirs.needed is an actual Norwegian group. Else it'll be local.

-- 
Matthias Andree