[breezy] How to start / autostart leafnode?

[Derek Broughton]

David Marsh's listreading hat wrote:

> 
> Unfortunately, I had to reinstall Ubuntu from scratch [1] and now I'm
> going round reinstalling all the extra software that I'd had installed.
> 
> [1] caused by my increasingly unreliable hardware, I suspect..
> 
> 
> However, when it comes to leafnode, I don't know how to start it! (Or

Under these circumstances, I'd simply do:
  aptitude reinstall leafnode

which should fix all your problems, if you have a backup of your actual
leafnode data and filters.

> at least, I can't remember from last time; I really should write down my
> notes more often, although I don't recall having any problems with
> this last time..).
> 
> There isn't an entry for leafnode in /etc/init.d/ and if I simply try

It runs from inetd when you connect to the nntp port, and it's updated from
cron, running "fetchnews" and "texpire".
> 
> Similarly, 'telnet localhost 119' produces:
> 
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused

Must not have the entry in inetd:
 nntp stream  tcp nowait  news /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/leafnode

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derek