PASSWD.NNTP(5) InterNetNews Documentation PASSWD.NNTP(5)
NAME
passwd.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-insensitive 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: 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 ALSO
inn.conf(5), innd(8), libinn(3).
INN 2.4.0 2002-02-03 PASSWD.NNTP(5)
