guy@enmasse.UUCP (The Computer Guy) (12/03/86)
Could someone please enlighten me as to why this entry in
my sys file stopped working when I installed 2.11?
maps:mod.map:F:/usr/spool/maps/mod.map/Batch
I get no error message; no "sent to maps" message in my log
file; nothing. News just ignores this entry completely.
This worked just fine before I installed 2.11, so I'm wondering
if I have missed some subtle change in the syntax of sys file
entries. Thanks.
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-- guy k hillyer
{alliant,panda,drilex}!enmasse!guyjeff@necntc.UUCP (Jeff Janock) (12/03/86)
In article <482@enmasse.UUCP> guy@enmasse.UUCP (The Computer Guy) writes: >Could someone please enlighten me as to why this entry in >my sys file stopped working when I installed 2.11? > >maps:mod.map:F:/usr/spool/maps/mod.map/Batch I also noticed that this entry in sys broke and re-read the 2.11 documentation which says someplace that you need a distribution in the sys entry - alas, when modified as follows: maps:world,mod.map:F:/usr/spool/maps/mod.map/Batch everything started working again - As a side note: I use uuhosts to do the map extracting: uuhosts -unbatch Make sure the mapsh is setuid root or things will fail even with the above, but at least you are informed via mail when uuhosts does the extraction. -- Jeff Janock, NEC Electronics Inc., One Natick Executive Park, Natick, Massachusetts 01760, +1 617 655 8833 ARPA: jeff%necntc.UUCP@harvisr.harvard.edu jeff@necntc.UUCP or if need be: {decvax | pyramid | husc6 | mirror}!necntc!jeff gatech!gt-eedsp!necntc!jeff
rick@seismo.CSS.GOV (Rick Adams) (12/03/86)
The 2.11 installation manual in section 7 under the heading Distributions says: Unless you really know what you are doing, include the "world" distribution on every line in your sys file. ---rick
jbs@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU (Jeff Siegal) (12/03/86)
In article <482@enmasse.UUCP> guy@enmasse.UUCP (The Computer Guy) writes: >[...] why [did] this entry [...stop] working [...]? > >maps:mod.map:F:/usr/spool/maps/mod.map/Batch > >[...]News just ignores this entry completely. In news 2.11, distribution for an article must be included in the sys file entry for that entry to be applied to that article. For map files, which don't have a distribution line, the default of "world" is assumed. Here's what you need: maps:mod.map,world:F:batchfile Jeff