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Rocksolid Light (rslight) - a web based Usenet news client
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2020-11-29 02:43:16 +01:00
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Visit https://www.novabbs.com to try Rocksolid Light
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2020-11-30 10:09:38 +01:00
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2020-11-30 10:18:47 +01:00
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Rocksolid Light is based on NewsPortal, which discontinued development in 2008, and was
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developed by Florian Amrhein https://florian-amrhein.de/newsportal/
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Rocksolid Light contains some major code and feature changes, but would not exist
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without NewsPortal as a basis for development.
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Requirements:
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You will need a web server: rslight has been tested with apache2, lighttpd, nginx
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and synchronet web servers
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php is required, and your web server must be configured to serve .php.
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php-mbstring (to support other character sets), sharutils (for uudecode) and
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openssl are required.
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phpmailer is required if email confirmation is to be used.
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These are the names for Debian packages. Other distributions should
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also provide these in some way.
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If you get errors, check your log files to see what packages I've failed to mention.
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For FreeBSD12: php72, php72-extensions, sharutils, php72-pcntl, php72-sockets, php72-mbstring, php72-openssl
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Optional: phpmailer, gnupg
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Installation:
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1. Set up your webserver to handle php files
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2. Extract rslight into a temporary location
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3. Run the provided install script (debian-install.sh or freebsd-install.sh) as root
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and answer the prompts. This will configure locations, create directories and move files
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into place.
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4. Edit configuration file
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Load common/setup.php in your browser to configure your site. The admin password
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was displayed during install but can also be found in your config directory in
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admin.inc.php
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5. Add a cron job for the root user. Change the directories in this line to match your setup
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as shown in the installation script. Set the minutes as you wish. The paths must match your
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installation:
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*/5 * * * * cd /usr/local/www/html/spoolnews ; bash -lc "php /etc/rslight/scripts/cron.php"
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This will start the nntp server, then drop privileges to your web user and begin pulling
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articles from the remote server to create your spool. You won't see articles immediately
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in rslight, please wait 15-30 minutes to begin to see articles appear.
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If you have trouble, post to rocksolid.nodes.help and we'll try to help.
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Retro Guy
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retroguy@novabbs.com
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