eric@snark.UUCP (Eric S. Raymond) (07/20/88)
In article <dadJ7#2sFpPf=eric@snark.UUCP>, I wrote: >As of this morning, the `elegant way' is to bring up 3.0 on your machine. >Private groups with posting *and reading* authorization check are now a fully >supported feature of the 3.0 beta; Patch #3 of the 3.0 news beta distribution slightly modifies the behavior I described in <dadJ7#2sFpPf=eric@snark.UUCP>. Instead of one FASCIST symbol enabling both post and read control, with readers setgid and news database files created locked in both cases, there are now *two* symbols. FASCIST now has exactly the old behavior of controlling posting access. A new configuration symbol COMMUNIST enables per-newsgroup control of reading access. A new tool, locknews(8), permits secure edit of privilege group control entries in the authorizations file by group `gatekeepers' who need not be the news administrator. -- Eric S. Raymond (the mad mastermind of TMN-Netnews) UUCP: ..!{uunet,att,rutgers!vu-vlsi}!snark!eric Smail: eric@snark.UUCP Post: 22 South Warren Avenue, Malvern, PA 19355 Phone: (215)-296-5718