passwd.nntp  -  passwords  for  connecting  to remote NNTP
       servers


DESCRIPTION

       The file <pathetc in inn.conf>/passwd.nntp contains  host-
       name-password  triplets for use when authenticating client
       programs to NNTP servers.  This file  is  normally  inter­
       preted  by  the  NNTPsendpassword  routine  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.  The second field is a user name,
       and the third is a password.  The  optional  fourth  field
       specifies  the type of authentication to use.  The default
       is ``authinfo'' which means that  NNTP  ``authinfo''  com­
       mands  are  used  to  authenticate to the remote host.  If
       either the  username  or  password  are  empty,  then  the
       related  command will not be sent.  (The ``authinfo'' com­
       mand 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 1.5, dated 1998/04/09.


SEE ALSO

       inn.conf(5), innd(8), libinn(3).


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