--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/active
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+control 0000000000 0000000001 n
+control.cancel 0000000000 0000000001 n
+control.checkgroups 0000000000 0000000001 n
+control.newgroup 0000000000 0000000001 n
+control.rmgroup 0000000000 0000000001 n
+junk 0000000000 0000000001 n
+local.general 0000000000 0000000001 y
+local.test 0000000000 0000000001 y
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/newsgroups
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+control			Various control messages (no posting)
+control.cancel		Cancel messages (no posting)
+control.checkgroups	Hierarchy check control messages (no posting)
+control.newgroup	Newsgroup creation control messages (no posting)
+control.rmgroup		Newsgroup removal control messages (no posting)
+junk			Unfiled articles (no posting)
+local.general		Local general group
+local.test		Local test group
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/news.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#
+# Logging for the INN news system.
+#
+news.crit	action(type="omfile" file="/var/log/news/news.crit"   fileOwner="news" fileGroup="news" createDirs="off")
+news.err	action(type="omfile" file="/var/log/news/news.err"    fileOwner="news" fileGroup="news" createDirs="off")
+news.notice	action(type="omfile" file="/var/log/news/news.notice" fileOwner="news" fileGroup="news" createDirs="off")
