Vnews Newsgroup Manager
To manage Vnews newsgroups online, access the following URL using
your web browser.
http://YOUR-DOMAIN.NAME/news/news.cgi
This will bring up the web-based Vnews Newsgroup Manager. You can use the Vnews Newsgroup Manager to add,
edit, and remove newsgroups.
Features
A summary of Vnews Newsgroup Manager features follows.
- Adding a Newsgroup
To add a newsgroup, click on [ADD NEWSGROUP]. The next page will ask for the name of the newsgroup, as well
as the length till newsgroup expires, and maximum size, and whether a user can post or not post to this
newsgroup.
- Modifying a Newsgroup
Editing the newsgroup is very much the same, click on [edit] to start editing the selected newsgroup. The
next page will ask all the same questions as adding a newsgroup.
- Removing a Newsgroup
To remove a newsgroup click on [remove], the next page is where you will be asked if you are sure you want
to remove this newsgroup. To remove the newsgroup, click on [yes], or [no] to keep the newsgroup, the next
page will confirm that the newsgroup has been deleted.
NOTE: The Vnews Newsgroup Manager does not include user authentication. To
add a username and password feature, see the following.
User Authentication Manager
During the Vnews installation, a sample .htaccess file is installed in your ~/www/htdocs/news
directory.
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