Although either innd or inndstart must be run by root, most of  the
installation  does  not  have  to be done as root.  The $inn/makedirs.sh
script creates all the necessary directories used by INN,  and  sets  up
the  right  ownerships  and  modes: owned by NEWSUSER in group NEWSGROUP
with 0775 permissions (the ``firewall''  directory,  _PATH_INDDDIR,  has
mode 0770).  You should review this script, then run it.

     The  rest  of  the  installation  should  be  done  as   the   news
administrator  or  as root.  The Makefiles are very strict about setting
the modes on the files that get installed.  To install the programs,  do
the following:

     cd $inn
     make update

This target does a ``make install'' in  all  program  directories.   It
installs  the  programs and manpages, but does not update or install any
configuration files or scripts.  This is important:   in  any  directory
(including   the  top-level  one),  a  ``make  install''  will  install
everything in that directory into the right place.  A  ``make update''
can  only  be  done in the top-level directory or in the site directory,
and it only replaces scripts, not configuration files.  When updating to
a new INN release, you will probably want to do an ``update'' first, and
then review the changed files  by  doing  ``make diff''  in  the  site
directory,  and  integrate  your  local  changes  as  appropriate.   The
Makefile also has other targets that  you  might  find  useful,  so  the
comments for entries like ``most'' and ``installed-diff', for example.

     The next, and last, step is to build your INN  configuration  files
and  utility  scripts.   If  you  have  not  already  done  so, type the
following:

     cd $inn/site
     make all

This will get copies of the scripts and files from the backends and  the
samples  directories  and  run  subst  over  them.  Whenever patches are
issued, doing a make in this directory will let you know what files have
been  updated,  without  destroying  your local changes.  The getsafe.sh
script does this.  If you have either an SCCS or an RCS  directory  then
getsafe.sh  will use the appropriate source control system for the files
in this directory.

     The first set of files are used to carry out the control  messages.
You  might  want  to look them over; in particular, look at the table in
control.ctl and the newslog manpages in doc.  The control files are:

     checkgroups       rmgroup
     control.ctl       sendme
     default           sendsys
     docheckgroups     senduuname
     ihave             version
     newgroup          writelog
     parsecontrol      pgpverify


     The following scripts are normally invoked by  cron  or  at  system
boot time, and should not require many changes:

     innlog.awk        scanlogs
     innstat           tally.control
     news.daily        tally.unwanted
     rc.news

Rc.news starts the server. In versions 1.4 and earlier, this script  was
run  by  user  root.  In  this  version, rc.news must be run by the user
defined as the NEWSUSER in the  config.data  file.   News.daily  invokes
expire  and  scanlogs.   Scanlogs calls the other scripts to process the
logs.  You might want to review these scripts just to see what they  do.
Do not get bogged down in the details, just read the comments.  They are
documented in the manpages news.daily(8) newslog(5), and newslog(8).

     There are some utility scripts to send news to your news feeds:

     nntpsend          send-nntp
     nntpsend.ctl      send-uucp
     send-ihave        sendbatch

They flush and lock the batch file for the specified  site(s)  and  then
call  innxmit to send the articles to your downstream feeds.  Send-ihave
is used for ``ihave/sendme'' feeds and  is  described  in  an  appendix.
Sendbatch  and  send-uucp  flush and lock batchfiles and call batcher to
queue up UUCP jobs.  You might want to modify these files to change  the
flags given to uux; the default is to queue jobs up as grade ``d.''  You
will almost definitely have to edit them to make sure that they properly
parse the output of df so that your spool area is not overrun!  Nntpsend
and send-nntp do the same thing for NNTP feeds.  You must determine  how
you  want  to propagate your articles -- the scripts give common ways of
getting the job done.

     The following files will have to be edited to  contain  your  local
information.   They  all  have  manual  pages  in the doc directory that
describe them:

     expire.ctl        newsfeeds
     hosts.nntp        nnrp.access
     inn.conf          passwd.nntp
     moderators

     The last group of files are utility scripts you might find useful:

     inncheck          makegroup
     innwatch          scanspool

Inncheck is a Perl script to check the  syntax  and  permissions  of  an
installed  INN system.  Innreport is an alternate way of summarizing the
server's log file.  It is a Perl script.  Innwatch is a shell script  to
monitor  the system and stop the server when you are running low on disk
space or inodes; it could be run out of your _PATH_NEWSBOOT script.  You
might have to edit it to understand your df output format.  Makegroup is
a front-end to rnews that helps you write a control message to create  a
newsgroup.   You  should  review  this  script because you might have to
change the way the output of the date command is parsed, and because you
might  might  want  to  change the default distribution.  Scanspool is a
Perl script to make sure that the active file and the contents  of  your
spool tree agree.

     Once you have made the necessary modifications (and  I  admit  that
some of this -- especially the newsfeeds file -- will be difficult), you
should type the following:

     make install

Make sure you have rc.news installed in the right place, as explained in
the  ``Paths  to  common  programs''  section, above.  You might find it
useful to read the ``First-Time Usenet or NNTP  Installation''  appendix
for help on navigating through the INN configuration files.

     There are now only a couple more things to check.  First, make sure
you  have an active file and a history database!  The appendices explain
how to convert your existing files; the BUILD  script  will  create  new
ones for you.  If you have Perl, run inncheck to make sure that you have
the datafiles configured correctly.  The second is make  sure  that  you
have  correctly updated your syslog.conf file to match the filenames and
logging levels required by INN.  See syslog/syslog.conf for  an  example
of what to do.

     Once you have done all of this, InterNetNews is now installed,  and
ready to run -- have fun!