PASSWD.NNTPSection: InterNetNews Documentation (5)Updated: 2002-02-03 |
NAME
passwd.nntp - passwords for connecting to remote NNTP serversDESCRIPTION
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).