NAME¶
passwd.nntp - Passwords for connecting to remote NNTP servers
DESCRIPTION¶
The file
pathetc/passwd.nntp 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, a server may require only a username, in which case
the password is not necessary. Note that a username is mandatory with AUTHINFO
USER/PASS.)
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 AUTHINFO
USER/PASS commands are used to authenticate to the remote host. (These NNTP
commands are described in RFC 4643.)
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.
$Id: passwd.nntp.pod 8822 2009-11-20 17:34:15Z iulius $
SEE ALSO¶
inn.conf(5),
innd(8),
libinn(3).