[news.sysadmin] Expire problems with 'nn'

stellabo@cshl.org (Fred Stellabotte at Cold Spring Harbor Lab) (02/18/91)

Can anyone help ..??

I am running 'nn' news reading software on a 'nntp client'. This 
client machine is a diskfull SunSLC. I was able to setup the local
'nn' database with no problem. I am running 'nnmaster -LM' once every
10 minutes as per the 'INSTALLATION' file instructions. Up to this 
point all is ok ..

The problem occurs when I try to run the 'nnadmin =EYM'  to expire the local
database ... I get the following error:

	nnmaster: Cannot use specified expire method (NNTP limitations)

This error comes from the nnmaster program when it runs from crontab, 
ony after I run the nnadmin =EYW command. If I don't run the nnadmin
command .. 'nn' works just fine .. but the database grows slowly ...
this is where I am at right now ..

The actual text of the error goes to the console screen. After that
'nn' on the machine is completely broke .. to fix it I have to 
rebuild the database with 'inst INIT' and reboot the machine.

Any quick help with this one would be greatly appreciated .. as my
small disk is filling up.

Fred J. Stellabotte
Computer Systems Manager - Cold Spring Harbor Lab
stellabo@cshl.org