4 controlchan \- channel\-fed control message handler
9 removes the responsibility for handling control messages
12 and instead processes them from a channel or file feed.
17 in memory and checks permissions (including any required PGP headers) before any
18 scripts are called. Also, the default (``bad message'') case is handled
19 internally. The ``drop'' case is handled with far less fuss.
27 An example entry is below. Make sure that you've created the newsgroup
28 control.cancel so that
30 doesn't have to scan through cancels, which it won't process anyway.
35 :!*,control,control.*,!control.cancel\\
37 :<pathbin in inn.conf>/controlchan
41 Note that in the (very, very unlikely) event that you need to process
42 ihave/sendme control messages, be sure that
46 because in this case controlchan needs a site name, not an IP address.
49 tries to report all log messages through
51 unless connected to an interactive terminal. To enable
53 for versions of Perl prior to 5.6.0,
54 you will need to have run ``h2ph'' on your
55 system include files at some point (this is required to
56 make ``Sys::Syslog'' work). If you have not done so, do this:
65 If you run FreeBSD, you will need to run the following in addition:
73 Written by Katsuhiro Kondou <kondou@nec.co.jp> for InterNetNews.
75 This is revision \\$3, dated \\$4.
77 .R$ $Id: controlchan.8 5909 2002-12-03 05:17:18Z vinocur $