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checkgroups(8)         DragonFly System Manager's Manual        checkgroups(8)


NAME

       checkgroups - update group descriptions


SYNOPSIS

       checkgroups checkgroupsfile


DESCRIPTION

       Leafnode is a USENET package intended for small sites, where there are
       few users and little disk space, but where a large number of groups is
       desired.

       Checkgroups is the program which parses checkgroup scripts to include
       new/updated group descriptions into the active file (which is usually
       /var/spool/leafnode/leaf.node/groupinfo).

       Checkgroups sets its real and effective uid to "news".


OPTIONS

       checkgroupsfile
              is a file which contains the newsgroup name and the description
              on one line, separated by whitespace. Checkgroups scripts are
              sometimes sent out by news administrators (e.g. in the bionet.*
              hierarchy).


ENVIRONMENT

       LN_LOCK_TIMEOUT
              This variable is parsed as an unsigned integer value and
              determines how many seconds checkgroups will wait when trying to
              obtain the lock file from another leafnode program. 0 means to
              wait indefinitely. This variable takes precedence over the
              configuration file.


AUTHOR

       Written by Cornelius Krasel <krasel@wpxx02.toxi.uni-wuerzburg.de>.
       Copyright 1997 - 1999.

       Modified by Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>.  Copyright
       2002 - 2004.

       Leafnode was originally written by Arnt Gulbrandsen <agulbra@troll.no>
       and is copyright 1995 - 1996 Troll Tech AS, Postboks 6133 Etterstad,
       0602 Oslo, Norway, fax +47 22646949.


SEE ALSO

       leafnode(8), texpire(8), RFC 977.

leafnode                            1.11.11                     checkgroups(8)

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