On Fri, 7 Jun 1996, Julian Assange <proff@suburbia.net> wrote: > > * The active file for my main newsfeed (active.news1.ucsd.edu) is > > updated according to the expire time listed in the "nntpcache.servers" > > file. However, the main "active" file isn't then updated until I send the > > server a -USR1 signal. Am I missing something in the documentation? > > The main active file will only updated if the hash of the server > active file has changed. Can you provide the logs? You should see something > like collating active.news1.ucsd.edu -> active.tmp Sure thing. Here's the log output from this evening. The server was dormant between 16:00h and 01:28 or so, and it looks like the active.news1.ucsd.edu was pulled over properly at that time. Thanks again, -- Adam Software: nntpcache 0.87.9.1UL, Linux 1.99.4, gcc 2.7.2, libc 5.2.18, the remote server is running INN 1.4, and the newsreader of choice is trn. Here's my /etc/nntpcache.servers entry: * news1.ucsd.edu 119 0.0.0.0 1h 48h Here's 'ls -l /var/spool/newscache/active*', before a -USR1 to nntpcached: -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 354882 Jun 6 09:44 active -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 354842 Jun 7 01:31 active.news1.ucsd.edu -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 9 Jun 7 01:31 active.news1.ucsd.edu.hash -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 194692 Jun 6 10:22 active.times -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 194656 Jun 7 01:32 active.times.news1.ucsd.edu -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 9 Jun 6 09:44 active.times.news1.ucsd.e And the /var/log/messages from the same time: Jun 7 01:29:20 nuthaus su: atilghma on /dev/ttyp4 Jun 7 01:29:57 nuthaus /usr/local/sbin/nntpcached[5943]: 'overview.fmt.news1.ucsd.edu' too old. rebuilding Jun 7 01:29:57 nuthaus nntpcached-update[12966]: checking server news1.ucsd.edu for 'overview.fmt' Jun 7 01:30:01 nuthaus nntpcached-update[12966]: spooling 'overview.fmt' from news1.ucsd.edu -> memory Jun 7 01:30:01 nuthaus nntpcached-update[12966]: same hash for overview.fmt.news1.ucsd.edu.tmp and overview.fmt.news1.ucsd.edu, updating time for overview.fmt.news1.ucsd.edu Jun 7 01:30:01 nuthaus nntpcached-update[12966]: 'active.news1.ucsd.edu' too old. rebuilding Jun 7 01:30:01 nuthaus nntpcached-update[12966]: checking server news1.ucsd.edu for 'active' Jun 7 01:30:03 nuthaus nntpcached-update[12966]: spooling 'active' from news1.ucsd.edu -> memory Jun 7 01:31:40 nuthaus nntpcached-update[12966]: 'active.times.news1.ucsd.edu' too old. rebuilding Jun 7 01:31:40 nuthaus nntpcached-update[12966]: checking server news1.ucsd.edu for 'active.times' Jun 7 01:31:40 nuthaus nntpcached-update[12966]: spooling 'active.times' from news1.ucsd.edu -> memory Jun 7 01:32:35 nuthaus nntpcached-update[12966]: same hash for active.times.news1.ucsd.edu.tmp and active.times.news1.ucsd.edu, updating time for active.times.news1.ucsd.edu Jun 7 01:32:35 nuthaus nntpcached-update[12966]: 'newsgroups.news1.ucsd.edu' non-existant. creating And now, the 'killall -USR1 nntpcached': Jun 7 01:38:50 nuthaus su: atilghma on /dev/ttyp4 Jun 7 01:38:56 nuthaus /usr/local/sbin/nntpcached[5943]: 'overview.fmt' older than 'overview.fmt.news1.ucsd.edu'. collating Jun 7 01:38:56 nuthaus /usr/local/sbin/nntpcached[5943]: 'active' older than 'active.news1.ucsd.edu'. collating Jun 7 01:38:56 nuthaus /usr/local/sbin/nntpcached[5943]: collating active.news1.ucsd.edu -> active.tmp And the ls -l of /var/spool/newscache/active* after the -USR1: -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 354882 Jun 7 01:38 /var/spool/newscache/active -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 0 Jun 7 01:38 /var/spool/newscache/active.lock -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 354842 Jun 7 01:31 /var/spool/newscache/active.news1.ucsd.edu -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 9 Jun 7 01:31 /var/spool/newscache/active.news1.ucsd.edu.hash -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 194692 Jun 6 10:22 /var/spool/newscache/active.times -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 194656 Jun 7 01:32 /var/spool/newscache/active.times.news1.ucsd.edu -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 9 Jun 6 09:44 /var/spool/newscache/active.times.news1.ucsd.edu.hash > ... > > Do you have a sister you can donate to a good cause? Alas, I'm an only child, but perhaps I can scrape up something :-)
