Re: innd -N not working from inn.conf

Hi John,

> I wish to start innd without the Perl filtering starting on an incoming
> transit-only server.
> I cannot get the inn.conf value for /innflags/ to use the N flag.
>
>  >From http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/inn/docs-2.5/inn.conf.html :
>
> /innflags/
>
>     The flags to pass to innd on startup. See innd(8) for details on the
>     possible flags. The default value is unset.

You're totally right that our documentation is confusing.
In fact, the "innflags" parameter is used by the rc.news and nntpsend 
script when it launches innd.  Do you use rc.news?  If not, I believe 
that's the problem.

> If I use innflags -CN the server runs, but Perl filtering is launched.
>
> If I use innflags -N the server runs, but Perl filtering is still
> launched according to "ctlinnd mode" report.
>
> If I use innflags -C -N (with a space) I get a lot of failures when I
> run "inncheck -v" (I didn't try "ctlinnd xexec innd" because of these
> failures).
>
> Is N broken, or am I not doing something properly? Is the hyphen
> required? IOW, would "innflags CN" work in inn.conf?