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can't get newsgroup manager to work [message #22293]

Wed, 26 January 2005 18:42

SimonHF

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I've setup a newsgroup rule with a server and newsgroup which work fine using a normal windows client. However, when I try to import using nntp.php then nothing happens (I'm using XP + Apache2 + PHP4). This is what I use to try and import news messages:
C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\FUDforum_2-6-9\FUDforum\scripts>php -d register_argc_argv=1 "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/htdocs/FUDforum_2-6-9/FUDforum/scrip
ts/nntp.php" 1
Content-type: text/html
X-Powered-By: PHP/4.3.10

I had to add the -d switch or it complains:
Enable the 'register_argc_argv' php.ini directive

Either way I get no status or error message. Or are they stored in a log somewhere else? I was expecting some 100s of newsgroup messages to be imported... any ideas why this is not working?

P.S.: I tried both types of authentication.

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Re: can't get newsgroup manager to work [message #22294 is a reply to message #22293]

Wed, 26 January 2005 18:46

Ilia

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Check the forum's errors directory, there should be .nntp directory inside with some status information.

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Re: can't get newsgroup manager to work [message #22296 is a reply to message #22294]

Wed, 26 January 2005 19:47

SimonHF

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Thanks. error_log always contains the same error:
Failed to recieve proper response from NNTP Server when setting 'MODE reader', got 500 Syntax Error or Unknown Command
Any ideas? As I say, the news server works fine with usual Windows clients...

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Re: can't get newsgroup manager to work [message #22297 is a reply to message #22296]

Wed, 26 January 2005 20:14

naudefj

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Hi,

MODE READER is used by the client (in this case, FUDForum) to indicate to the NNTP Server that it is a news reading client and not a news-forwarding peer. Error 500 means "I don't know that command", but you can proceed as normal.

I'm not sure how FUDFroum responds when it received error 500, but it should igore it and continue as normal.

Best regards.

Frank

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Re: can't get newsgroup manager to work [message #22298 is a reply to message #22297]

Wed, 26 January 2005 20:45

SimonHF

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It's an American provider called Tera News.
I wrote a quick perl script and the debug output from Net::NNTP confirms your suspicion:
...
Net::NNTP=GLOB(0x1b040c4)<<< 200 NNTPServer.com manticore (Tornado v1.0.6)
Net::NNTP=GLOB(0x1b040c4)>>> MODE READER
Net::NNTP=GLOB(0x1b040c4)<<< 500 Syntax Error or Unknown Command
Net::NNTP=GLOB(0x1b040c4)>>> AUTHINFO USER simonhf
Net::NNTP=GLOB(0x1b040c4)<<< 381 More Authentication Required
Net::NNTP=GLOB(0x1b040c4)>>> AUTHINFO PASS ....
Net::NNTP=GLOB(0x1b040c4)<<< 281 Authentication Accepted
Net::NNTP=GLOB(0x1b040c4)>>> GROUP de.comp.lang.perl.misc
Net::NNTP=GLOB(0x1b040c4)<<< 211 138 56102 56453 de.comp.lang.perl.misc

Although the MODE READER commands fails then it seems to have no effect on the script being able to access news groups and articles... is the MODE READER command really so important?

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Re: can't get newsgroup manager to work [message #22300 is a reply to message #22298]

Wed, 26 January 2005 20:56

Ilia

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When I wrote the code I was under the impression that when this command fails we should abort, which is what FUDforum's nntp script does.

But, as your trace indicates, this seems to harmless so I've applied a patch allowing this command to fail.

Here it is:
http://cvs.prohost.org/c/index.cgi/FUDforum/chngview?cn=3277

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Re: can't get newsgroup manager to work [message #22301 is a reply to message #22298]

Wed, 26 January 2005 20:59

naudefj

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FUDForum doesn't ignore the 500 error as it should. Extract from .../fuddata/include/nntp.inc:

$ret = $this->cmd("MODE reader");

if (!$this->compare_return_codes(200, $ret) && !$this->compare_return_codes(201, $ret)) {
   $this->error = "Failed to recieve proper response from NNTP Server when setting 'MODE reader', got ".$this->lrc."\n";
   return false;
}

Best regards.

Frank

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