---
name: "nnrpd.track"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "inn"
version: "2.7.4-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nnrpd.track"
---

# nnrpd.track(5)

Specify hosts to be tracked by nnrpd

## NAME

nnrpd.track - Specify hosts to be tracked by nnrpd

## DESCRIPTION

This file, which is located in *pathetc*, specifies which hosts are to have their activities recorded during an **nnrpd** session.  The **nnrpd** server reads it when first spawned by **innd**, provided *readertrack* in *inn.conf* is true; otherwise this file is not used.

Entries consist of one host specification per line, each line having two fields, separated by a colon:

```
    host:identity
```

The first field is either one of the FQDNs of a host, or a domain name (in the form `"*.domain.com"`).

The second field is simply a segment of text which may be used to more easily identify the client, typically an e-mail address or other identifying mark.  Each post of tracked hosts will have an entry associated with *identity* in the log message recorded to the *pathlog*/tracklogs directory, and every posted article will be saved in the *pathlog*/trackposts directory.

An example of *nnrpd.track* file is:

```
    nasty.foo.com:nasty@foo.com
    *.bar.com:VeryNastyClient
```

## HISTORY

Written by Steve Carrie \<stephenc@uk.uu.net\> for InterNetNews. Rewritten into POD by Julien Elie.

## SEE ALSO

[inn.conf(5)](/inn.conf/5.md), [nnrpd(8)](/nnrpd/8.md).