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#3 Error Viewing Local Newsgroups
Here is the output of running the View Local Newsgroups
command with Leafwa 0.7.0a1-ap and Leafnode 2.0 snapshot:
Existing local newsgroups:
Warning:
fopen("/var/spool/news/leaf.node/local.groups", "r") -
Permission denied in
/home/httpd/html/stats/leafwa/localng.php on line 126
!! Cannot open file
/var/spool/news/leaf.node/local.groups !!
Attempting to create it...
command is [./touch.sh
/var/spool/news/leaf.node/local.groups]
Warning:
fopen("/var/spool/news/leaf.node/local.groups", "r") -
Permission denied in
/home/httpd/html/stats/leafwa/localng.php on line 139
FAILED.
I do not have any local newsgroups set up.
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Again, this looks like permissions. I may need to improve
the documentation further.
What are the permissions on /var/spool/news and
/var/spool/news/leaf.node? Is the Apache / webserver user
able to access that directory?
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No, the Apache user does not have access to that directory.
Here is the permissions on /var/spool/news:
drwxr-x--- 22 news news 4096 Sep 22 15:26 news
It does not appear the Apache user can even read the
directory, especially can't write to it.
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This could well be a basic permissions problem, but I am
aware that local newsgroups functionality is broken.
Kevin Bulgrien is currently working on fixing the problems
with local newsgroups functionality in 2.x - keep an eye on CVS.
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After a long delay, I have begun to address Leafnode 2.0
issues with local group management.
The issue you mention currently affects various aspects of
Leafwa local group administration. The core issue IS one of
permissions. I need to do some work on figuring out at
least a relatively safe and clean way to interact with
Leafnode's files. At least in the past, Leafnode has been
very paranoid - actually undoing safe and secure
administrative permission tweaks made in the /var/spool/news
directory tree. A viable solution may require creative use
of sudo facilities, but, again, more thought needs to be put
into it.
I plan to re-examine the code with your scenario in mind -
no local groups configured.
I am new to PHP / Apache / server-side scripting, etc., so
please bear with me, or feel free to offer suggestions. I
am aware of the problem, and plan to address now that I have
leafnode and leafwa installed on one of my private servers.
I wrote much of the local group management portion because I
administer a local group only installation of leafnode. I
needed a way to reach into the news group tree for
maintenance. This is NOT a thing one normally does to a
news server, but, it fills a niche need that we have for
archiving the tribal knowledge that our design group
engineers have.
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Please let me know if there is anything that I can do to
help fix these problems. I am not a programmer, so I am not
sure I can help there. But as a user I can offer my help.