this is how I have newnews.pl setup, I left password out.
Do I need to change any of this?
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Usenet Gateway hack for vBulletin 2.0
#
# $Id: newnews.pl,v 20010528 2001-05-28 00:29:14-05 paul Exp $
#
# This script creates a gateway to selected usenet newsgroups and maintains
# an historical mirror of articles in your vBulletin forums.
#
# This script is free. You are welcome to do whatever you want with it as
# long as you don't try and sell it or claim it as your own.
# The copyright is retained by the author.
#
# Author:
# fastforward (Paul)
# contact me via the vBulletin forums at
http://vbulletin.com
#
#
# uncomment the following line if you installed perl modules to a
# non-standard directory
# use lib "/usr/home/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005";
my $db_name="realweb_forums"; # realweb_forums
my $db_host="localhost"; # localhost
my $db_username="realweb_admin"; # realweb_admin
my $db_password=""; #
my $pid_file="newnews.pid";