INN 2.3.5 Documentation

This documentation is from INN 2.3.5, the last release in the INN 2.3 series. Available from this page is all the documentation that had been converted to POD at that point, but not all of INN's documentation. Most is only available in nroff format. Much more extensive documentation can be obtained by downloading the INN 2.3 distribution.

Basic documentation:

• README
• INSTALL
• Changes and upgrade information
• License information
• Contributors and credits

Documentation for developers:

• HACKING

Filtering and authentication hook documentation:

• Perl hooks
• Python filtering hooks
• Python authentication hooks

Configuration files:

• inn.conf — Basic configuration data for INN programs
• passwd.nntp — Passwords for connecting to remote NNTP servers
• readers.conf — Access control and configuration for nnrpd
• sasl.conf — SASL configuration for nnrpd
• subscriptions — Default recommended subscribed groups

Utilities:

• fastrm — Quickly remove a list of files
• inndstart — Bind to appropriate ports and start innd
• innmail — Simple mail sending program
• makehistory — Rebuild the history and overview databases

Authentication programs:

• ckpasswd — nnrpd password authenticator

Overview method documentation:

• OVDB

OVDB overview support utilities:

• dbprocs — OVDB maintenance and monitoring daemons
• ovdb_recover — Recover an OVDB database
• ovdb_upgrade — Upgrade an OVDB database