Make sure you have the b5 version. b3,b4 had trouble in this respect. On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Chris Picton wrote: > > Hi > > I have just installed nntpcache, but I am having problems getting it > started. > > I have set up all config files (I hope) > > When I run nntpcached, It displays the copyright message. > > I do ps auwx and see that it is (trying to?) retrieve the active etc > files from my upstream news server. > > After a while, that process goes away, and the only process to do with > nntpcache is > > news 1033 0.0 0.2 67096 1020 ? S 13:04 0:00 > nntpcache: waiting for connections > > So I assume, it has updated all files. However, when I telnet to port > 119, I get > marduk:~# telnet news 119 > Trying 196.3.167.132... > Connected to nntp01.uskonet.com. > Escape character is '^]'. > 503 initial server rebuild in progress (0 groups complete), please try > again later. > Connection closed by foreign host. > > So it seems not to be ready yet. How long should it be taking? Or is > there some other problem? > > > -- > Chris Picton > Usko Communications Systems Developer > Chris.Picton@usko.com > > >
