INCOMING.CONF (5)
names and addresses that feed us news
DESCRIPTION
The file
<pathetc in inn.conf>
consists of three types of entries: key/value, peer and group.
Comments are taken from the hash character ``#'' to the end of the line.
Blank lines are ignored.
Key/value entries are a keyword immediately followed by a colon, at least
one blank and a value. For example:
max-connections: 10
A legal key contains nor blanks, nor colon, nor ``#''.
There are 5 different types of values: integers, booleans, and strings.
Integers are as to be expected. A boolean value is either ``true'' or
``false'' (case is significant). A string value is any other sequence of
characters. If the string needs to contain whitespace, then it must be
quoted with double quotes.
Peer entries look like:
peer <name> {
# body
}
The word ``peer'' is required. <name> is a label for this peer. It is
any string valid as a key. The body of a peer entry contains some number
of key/value entries.
Group entries look like:
group <name> {
# body
}
The word ``group'' is required. The ``<name>'' is any string valid as a
key. The body of a group entry contains any number of the three types of
entries. So key/value pairs can be defined inside a group, and peers can
be nested inside a group, and other groups can be nested inside a group.
Key/value entries that are defined outside of all peer and group entries
are said to be at ``global scope''. Global key/value entries act as
defaults for peers. When innd looks for a specific value in a peer entry
(for example, the maximum number of connections to allow), if the value
is not defined in the peer entry, then the enclosing groups are examined
for the entry (starting at the closest enclosing group). If there are no
enclosing groups, or the enclosing groups don't define the key/value,
then the value at global scope is used.
A small example could be:
# Global value applied to all peers that have
# no value of their own.
max-connections: 5
# A peer definition.
peer uunet {
hostname: usenet1.uu.net
}
peer vixie {
hostname: gw.home.vix.com
max-connections: 10 # override global value.
}
# A group of two peers who can open more
# connections than normal
group fast-sites {
max-connections: 15
# Another peer. The ``max-connections'' value from the
# ``fast-sites'' group scope is used. The ``hostname'' value
# defaults to the peer's name.
peer data.ramona.vix.com {
}
peer bb.home.vix.com {
hostname: bb.home.vix.com
max-connections: 20 # he can really cook.
}
}
Given the above configuration file, the defined peers would have the
following values for the ``max-connections'' key.
uunet 5
vixie 10
data.ramona.vix.com 15
bb.home.vix.com 20
Height keys are allowed:
hostname:
This key requires a string value. It is a list of hostnames separated by a
comma. A hostname is the host's FQDN, or the dotted quad ip-address of the
peer. If this key is not present in a peer block, the hostname defaults to
the label of the peer.
streaming:
This key requires a boolean value. It defines whether streaming commands
are allowed from this peer. (default=true)
max-connections:
This key requires positive integer value. It defines the maximum number
of connections allowed. A value of zero specifies an unlimited number
of maximum connections (``unlimited'' or ``none'' can be used as synonym).
(default=0)
password:
This key requires a string value. It is used if you wish to require a peer
to supply a password. (default=no password)
patterns:
This key requires a string value. It is a list of newsfeeds(5)-style list
of newsgroups which are to be accepted from this host. (default="*")
email:
This key requires a string value. Reserved for future use. (default=empty)
comment:
This key requires a string value. Reserved for future use. (default=empty)
skip:
This key requires a boolean value. Setting this entry causes this peer
to be skipped. Reserved for future use. (default=false)
noresendid:
This key requires a boolean value. It defines whether innd should send
``431 RESENDID'' responses if a message is offered that is already received
from another peer. This can be useful for peers that resend messages
right away, as innfeed does. (default=false)
HISTORY
Written by Fabien Tassin <fta@oleane.net> for InterNetNews.
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$Id: incoming.conf.5,v 1.1.2.1 1999/06/12 08:22:32 kondou Exp $
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