--- /home6/making/inn-2.2.2/INSTALL Mon Dec 13 22:18:37 1999 +++ inn-STABLE-20000719/INSTALL Wed Jul 19 18:04:47 2000 @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -Welcome to INN 2.2.2! +Welcome to INN 2.2.3! Please read this document thoroughly before trying to install INN. You'll be glad you did. If you are upgrading from a previous release of INN (pre-2.0) then it is recommended that you make copies of your old configuration files and use them - as guides for doing a clean installation and configuration of 2.2.2. Many + as guides for doing a clean installation and configuration of 2.2.3. Many config files have changed, some have been added, and some have been removed. You'll find it much easier to start with a fresh install than to try to update your old installation. @@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ extendeddbz: extendeddbz in inn.conf tablesize: value in 3rd field on the 1st line in history.dir + NOTE: --with-largefiles can not be used with + --enable-tagged-hash --with-perl Enables support for Perl, allowing you to install filter scripts written in Perl. Highly recommended, @@ -186,6 +188,32 @@ --disable-shared Do not create shared libraries --disable-static Do not create static libraries + + --enable-uucp-rnews If this option is given to configure, rnews will be + installed setuid root, owned by group uucp, and mode + 4550. This will allow the UUCP subsystem to run + rnews to process UUCP batches of news articles (rnews + changes UID to the news user right after it starts). + Prior to INN 2.2.3, installing rnews setuid news was + standard; since most sites no longer use UUCP, it is + no longer the default as of INN 2.2.3 and must be + requested at configure time. You probably don't want + to use this option unless your server accepts UUCP + news batches. + + --enable-setgid-inews If this option is given to configure, inews will be + installed setgid news and world-executable so that + non-privileged users on the news server machine can + use inews to post articles locally (somewhat faster + than opening a new network connection). For + standalone news servers, by far the most common + configuration now, there's no need to use this + option; even if you have regular login accounts on + your news server, INN's inews can post fine via a + network connection to your running news server and + doesn't need to use the local socket (which is what + setgid enables it to do). Installing inews setgid + was the default prior to INN 2.2.3. A suggested set of options, provided you have the necessary software installed, is "./configure --with-perl".