27607 - Can't post to news://news.mozilla.org/netscape.public.dev.xml

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(mozilla.org Graveyard :: Server Operations, task, P3)

Description

[John Morrison]

Earlier today (again), I was trying to post/respond to
netscape.public.mozilla.xml via a direct connection to
news://news.mozilla.org.

My attempt to post was denied (using NS 4.7). I had noticed 
this on occasion in the past, but this time, I took a closer 
look.

Below is an excerpt of the permissions for posting to 
news.mozilla.org (via post 119, not SSL).  Note that posting 
to netscape.public.dev.xml (at least by direct connection to 
news.mozilla.org) is 'prohibited' (i.e., 'flags' == 'n'). See
the line with /* ?? */ below.

[Note: while it is possible to post via secnews, the rest of 
 netscape.public.dev.* is open for posting via news.mozilla.org].

|  qlink% telnet news.mozilla.org 119
|  Trying 198.95.249.40...
|  Connected to secnews.netscape.com.
|  Escape character is '^]'.
|  200 secnews.netscape.com Netscape-Collabra/3.52 03615 NNRP ready (posting 
ok).
|  LIST
|  215 Newsgroups in form "group high low flags".
|  control 0000004416 0000004381 n
|  junk 0000002978 0000002956 n
|  
|  ... [skipping lines] ...
|  
|  netscape.public.dev.css 0000001379 0000000614 y
|  netscape.public.dev.dom 0000000449 0000000041 y
|  netscape.public.dev.html 0000002701 0000000263 y
|  netscape.public.dev.plugin-upgrade 0000000084 0000000003 y
|  netscape.public.dev.rdf 0000000032 0000000003 y
|  netscape.public.dev.skins 0000000100 0000000074 y
|  netscape.public.dev.xml 0000000146 0000000046 n              /*  ??  */
|  netscape.public.dev.xul 0000000339 0000000116 y                       
|  
|  ... [skipping lines] ...

Comment 1

[Risto Kotalampi]

Moving to mbaur because this is news issue.

Comment 2

[Risto Kotalampi]

Moving to Marya's queue.

Comment 3

[Marya Schroeder]

netscape.public.mozilla.xml (referred to in Summary line) doesn't exist.  I
assume that netscape.public.dev.xml (referred to in the description) is really
what we are looking at.  I have changed the netscape.public.dev.xml permissions
to match the others  (flag 'y')

Comment 4

[Marya Schroeder]

netscape.public.mozilla.xml (referred to in Summary line) doesn't exist.  I
assume that netscape.public.dev.xml (referred to in the description) is really
what we are looking at.  I have changed the netscape.public.dev.xml permissions
to match the others  (flag 'y')

Comment 5

[John Morrison]

Duh! Yes ... I meant netscape.public.dev.xml but had n.p.m on the brain.
I see that it is fixed (from the raw LIST). VERIFIED. Thanks.