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* [rpms/inn] epel10.3: few documentation changes because of /sbin/nologin shell for news user
@ 2026-08-26 8:53 Ondrej Vasik
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Repo : rpms/inn
Branch : epel10.3
Commit : 6286077ff49801356813f774086bcebdc327be3f
Author : Ondrej Vasik <ovasik@fedoraproject.org>
Date : 2008-04-10T10:54:06+00:00
Stats : +98/-1 in 2 file(s)
URL : https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/inn/c/6286077ff49801356813f774086bcebdc327be3f?branch=epel10.3
Log:
few documentation changes because of /sbin/nologin shell for news user
---
diff --git a/inn-2.4.3-nologinshell.patch b/inn-2.4.3-nologinshell.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f42b7a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inn-2.4.3-nologinshell.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+diff -urNp inn-2.4.3-orig/doc/man/rc.news.8 inn-2.4.3/doc/man/rc.news.8
+--- inn-2.4.3-orig/doc/man/rc.news.8 2008-04-09 16:22:16.000000000 +0200
++++ inn-2.4.3/doc/man/rc.news.8 2008-04-09 16:31:42.000000000 +0200
+@@ -178,20 +178,20 @@ is recommended to throttle the server fi
+ To start \s-1INN\s0 and leave certain error messages going to the terminal:
+ .PP
+ .Vb 1
+-\& su - news -c ~news/bin/rc.news
++\& su -m news -c /etc/rc.news
+ .Ve
+ .PP
+ To run \s-1INN\s0 at startup time from appropriate system boot scripts:
+ .PP
+ .Vb 1
+-\& su - news -c ~news/bin/rc.news >/dev/console
++\& su -m news -c /etc/rc.news >/dev/console
+ .Ve
+ .PP
+ To stop \s-1INN\s0 (throttling first):
+ .PP
+ .Vb 2
+ \& ~news/bin/ctlinnd throttle reason
+-\& su - news -c '~news/bin/rc.news stop'
++\& su -m news -c '/etc/rc.news stop'
+ .Ve
+ .SH "BUGS"
+ .IX Header "BUGS"
+diff -urNp inn-2.4.3-orig/doc/pod/install.pod inn-2.4.3/doc/pod/install.pod
+--- inn-2.4.3-orig/doc/pod/install.pod 2008-04-09 16:22:16.000000000 +0200
++++ inn-2.4.3/doc/pod/install.pod 2008-04-09 16:32:22.000000000 +0200
+@@ -1489,7 +1489,7 @@ INN is started via the shell script F<rc
+ news user and not as root. To start INN on system boot, you therefore
+ want to put something like:
+
+- su - news -c /usr/local/news/bin/rc.news
++ su -m news -c /etc/rc.news
+
+ in the system boot scripts. If innd is stopped or killed, you can restart
+ it by running rc.news by hand as the news user.
+@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@ it by running rc.news by hand as the new
+ The rc.news script may also be used to shut down INN, with the C<stop>
+ option:
+
+- su - news -c '/usr/local/news/bin/rc.news stop'
++ su -m news -c '/etc/rc.news stop'
+
+ In the F<contrib> directory of this source tree is a sample init script
+ for people using System V-style init.d directories.
+diff -urNp inn-2.4.3-orig/doc/pod/rc.news.pod inn-2.4.3/doc/pod/rc.news.pod
+--- inn-2.4.3-orig/doc/pod/rc.news.pod 2008-04-09 16:22:16.000000000 +0200
++++ inn-2.4.3/doc/pod/rc.news.pod 2008-04-09 16:32:48.000000000 +0200
+@@ -65,16 +65,16 @@ is recommended to throttle the server fi
+
+ To start INN and leave certain error messages going to the terminal:
+
+- su - news -c ~news/bin/rc.news
++ su -m news -c /etc/rc.news
+
+ To run INN at startup time from appropriate system boot scripts:
+
+- su - news -c ~news/bin/rc.news >/dev/console
++ su -m news -c /etc/rc.news >/dev/console
+
+ To stop INN (throttling first):
+
+ ~news/bin/ctlinnd throttle reason
+- su - news -c '~news/bin/rc.news stop'
++ su -m news -c '/etc/rc.news stop'
+
+ =head1 BUGS
+
+diff -urNp inn-2.4.3-orig/INSTALL inn-2.4.3/INSTALL
+--- inn-2.4.3-orig/INSTALL 2008-04-09 16:22:16.000000000 +0200
++++ inn-2.4.3/INSTALL 2008-04-09 16:30:24.000000000 +0200
+@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ Starting and Stopping the System
+ news user and not as root. To start INN on system boot, you therefore
+ want to put something like:
+
+- su - news -c /usr/local/news/bin/rc.news
++ su -m news -c /etc/rc.news
+
+ in the system boot scripts. If innd is stopped or killed, you can
+ restart it by running rc.news by hand as the news user.
+@@ -1463,7 +1463,7 @@ Starting and Stopping the System
+ The rc.news script may also be used to shut down INN, with the "stop"
+ option:
+
+- su - news -c '/usr/local/news/bin/rc.news stop'
++ su -m news -c '/etc/rc.news stop'
+
+ In the contrib directory of this source tree is a sample init script for
+ people using System V-style init.d directories.
diff --git a/inn.spec b/inn.spec
index 42b5a1b..380fbe9 100644
--- a/inn.spec
+++ b/inn.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Summary: The InterNetNews (INN) system, an Usenet news server
Name: inn
Version: 2.4.3
-Release: 12%{?dist}
+Release: 13%{?dist}
#see LICENSE file for details
License: GPL+ and BSD and MIT and Public Domain
Group: System Environment/Daemons
@@ -323,6 +323,11 @@ exit 0
%{_mandir}/man1/inews*
%changelog
+* Wed Apr 9 2008 Ondrej Vasik <ovasik@redhat.com> - 2.4.3-13
+- few documentation changes because of /sbin/nologin shell
+ for news user (su - news -c <commmand> will not work in
+ that case ) #233738
+
* Tue Mar 18 2008 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa@redhat.com> - 2.4.3-12
- BuildRequires: perl(ExtUtils::Embed)
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