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 programs 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-insen‐
sitive manner. (No detailed matching, such as comparing IP addresses,
is done.)
The second field is a user name, and the third is a password. 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 authentication to use.
At present, the only recognized "authentication style" is "authinfo";
this is also the default. It means that NNTP "authinfo" commands are
used to authenticate 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 InterNetNews. This is
revision $Revision: 5091 $, dated $Date: 2002-02-03 11:05:22 -0800
(Sun, 03 Feb 2002) $.
$Id: passwd.nntp.5 5091 2002-02-03 19:05:22Z vinocur $
SEE ALSOinn.conf(5), innd(8), libinn(3).
INN 2.4.0 2002-02-03 PASSWD.NNTP(5)
