[leafnode-list] Re: fetchnews -vvv OK but not telneting ?

[Matthias Andree]

Yvon Thoraval <yvon_thoraval at mac.com> writes:

> running leafnode the latest onto MacOS X the latest, i'm able to fo :
>
>  >fetchnews ---vvv
>
> and i read from term all the news servers i've added into /Library/ 
> leaffnode/config :
>
> ~/Pictures/webkit%> sudo /usr/local/sbin/fetchnews -vvv
> Password:
> fetchnews mode: get articles, get headers, get bodies, post articles
> found 0 articles in in.coming.
> news.lacave.net: connecting to port nntp
>    trying:    address 217.145.39.3 port 119...
>    connected: address 217.145.39.3 port 119.
> news.lacave.net: connected (200), banner: "200 talisker.lacave.net  
> InterNetNews NNRP server INN 2.5.0 (20060829 snapshot) ready (posting  
> ok)."
> [...]
> news.free.fr: found 0 new newsgroups
> found 0 articles in out.going.
> news.free.fr: 0 articles posted
> fetchnews: 0 articles and 0 headers fetched, 0 killed, 0 posted, in 4  
> seconds
>
> however telneting gave me :
>
> ~/Pictures/webkit%> telnet 127.0.0.1 119
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 503 Server misconfiguration: cannot read configuration file.
> Connection closed by foreign host.
>
> i think i missed something but what ?
>
> here is my spool/leaf.node contents :

Check /etc/leafnode (or wherever your configuration file resides)
instead. Then confirm the user account that your inetd.conf, xinetd.conf
or similar file (that starts the actual server on port 119) is suitable
(news in your case).

-- 
Matthias Andree