This is useful when an incoming connection appears to be hung. Cause the server to log its current operating mode to syslog . The creator should be the name of the person creating the group. This is the only command that has defaults. The combination of defaults make it possible to use the text of the Control header directly.
Letter is the innd command-line option to set, and value is the new value.
Pause the server so that no incoming articles are accepted. No existing connections are closed, but the history database is closed. This command should be used for short-term locks, such as when replacing the history files. What identifies what should be reloaded. The reason is reported to syslog .