dmmartindale@watcgl.UUCP (Dave Martindale) (12/09/84)
Why on earth does inews ask for a password, probably known only to the writer of the code, if you try to post a "rmgroup" control message? Even if you are root? Even if the group is a local-distribution one? I can see the point in making it difficult to rmgroup net.politics, for example, but why by a password check? And surely this isn't needed for groups that are of a more local scope? Just how am I supposed to generate a rmgroup message anyway, short of (a) changing the code (b) patching the binary or (c) editing a fake message and passing it to rnews (the method I used)?