PASSWD.NNTP(5) InterNetNews Documentation PASSWD.NNTP(5)NAMEpasswd.nntp - passwords for connecting to remote NNTP
servers
DESCRIPTION
The file passwd.nntp in pathetc contains host / name /
password triplets for use when authenticating client pro
grams to NNTP servers. This file is normally interpreted
by NNTPsendpassword() in libinn(3). Blank lines and lines
beginning with a number sign ("#") are ignored. All other
lines should consist of three or four fields separated by
colons:
host:name:password
host:name:password:style
The first field is the name of a host, and is matched in a
case-insensitive manner. (No detailed matching, such as
comparing IP addresses, is done.)
The second field is a user name, and the third is a pass
word. If either the username or password is empty, then
that portion of the authentication will not occur. (For
example, when connecting to a remote INN for peering, only
the password is needed.)
The optional fourth field specifies the type of authenti
cation to use. At present, the only recognized "authenti
cation style" is "authinfo"; this is also the default. It
means that NNTP "authinfo" commands are used to authenti
cate to the remote host. (The "authinfo" command is a
common extension to RFC 977.)
For example:
## UUNET needs a password, MIT doesn't.
mit.edu:bbn::authinfo
uunet.uu.net:bbn:yoyoma:authinfo
This file should not be world-readable.
HISTORY
Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNet
News. This is revision $Revision: 1.5.6.1 $, dated $Date:
2002/02/03 19:07:50 $.
$Id: passwd.nntp.5,v 1.5.6.1 2002/02/03 19:07:50 vinocur
Exp $
SEE ALSOinn.conf(5), innd(8), libinn(3).
INN 2.4.0 2002-02-03 PASSWD.NNTP(5)
