.\" $Revision: 1.14 $
.TH PASSWD.NNTP 5
.SH NAME
passwd.nntp \- passwords for connecting to remote NNTP servers
.SH DESCRIPTION
The file
.\" =()<.I @<_PATH_NNTPPASS>@>()=
.I /etc/news/passwd.nntp
contains host-name-password triplets for use when authenticating client
programs to NNTP servers.
This file is normally interpreted by the
.IR NNTPsendpassword
routine in
.IR 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:
.RS
.nf
host:name:password
host:name:password:style
.fi
.RE
.PP
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''
commands 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'' command is a common extension to RFC 977.)
.PP
For example:
.RS
.nf
##  UUNET needs a password, MIT doesn't.
mit.edu:bbn::authinfo
uunet.uu.net:bbn:yoyoma:authinfo
.fi
.RE
.PP
This file should not be world-readable.
.SH HISTORY
Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews.
.de R$
This is revision \\$3, dated \\$4.
..
.R$ $Id: passwd.nntp.5,v 1.14 1996/09/06 10:39:06 brister Exp $
.SH "SEE ALSO"
innd(8),
libinn(3).