Chris Jones <cjones@news.avicom.net> typed:
:>Description:
:/var/spool/news is listed in /etc/mtree/special as optional, and root.wheel.
:It seems to me that, if this directory ever exists, it's going to need to be
:owned by news.news.

Why?  Mine's owned by root.wheel .  What exactly does any set[ug]id news
program need to do in there?  AFAIK, nothing.  No program should need to
create/delete files/directories in there (except for installation).
Subdirectories in there need to be news.news for, say, INN but 
/var/spool/news itself doesn't need/want to be.

Regards,
-- 
Geoff Wing   <gcw@pobox.com>            Mobile : (Australia) 0412 162 441
Work URL: http://www.primenet.com.au/   Ego URL: http://pobox.com/~gcw/