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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