Need help rn/nntp

The Ancient Programmer abrams at cass.amd.bnl.gov
Sat Nov 17 07:53:43 AEST 1990


	I am trying to install rn as rrn(using the dummy inews from nntp)
on a Sun server, so that standalone Suns can mount & execute rn
on their own cpus. To do this, I have built rn in:
/export/exec/sun3/bin and lib, and have put the name of the news
server in /export/exec/sun3/lib/rn/server. The server is running Bnews
at patch level 44.

	Rn works like a charm, but Pnews insists that the file
"server" be in /usr/lib/news/server.  After going through its paces,
Pnews says:
------------------------------------------------------------------
Send, abort, edit, or list? s
Can't get the name of the news server from /usr/lib/news/server.
Either fix this file, or put NNTPSERVER in your enviroment.
-------------------------------------------------------------------

	The only place where /usr/lib/news is hardwired is in common.h
where, if LIB is not defined, it is set. I changed the default to 
/export/exec/sun3/lib/rn, but this did not help.  LIB is defined correctly in
config.h as is lib in config.sh.

	Does anyone know where this incorrect path is coming from?
All help will be gratefully received.  Thanks.



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