[leafnode-list] Re: Installation/configuration problems, help please

[Robert Grimm]

Chris G <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> Yes, I think so, though there's no clue anywhere in the documentation
> that one needs to do that.  The default leafnode installation in
> ubuntu adds entries to /etc/cron.d and /etc/cron.daily so it would
> seem that it will get run.  It's now some hours since I installed so
> *something* should have got run.

If so, there should be something in the logfiles in /var/log/news/

> Anyway surely tin should still see an NNTP server even if no news has
> been collected yet.

Please try '$ telnet localhost 119'

Rob
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