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.IX Title "PASSWD.NNTP 5"
.TH PASSWD.NNTP 5 2024-02-12 "INN 2.7.2" "InterNetNews Documentation"
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.SH NAME
passwd.nntp \- Passwords for connecting to remote NNTP servers
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
The file \fIpathetc\fR/passwd.nntp contains host / name / password
triplets for use when authenticating client programs to NNTP servers.
This file is normally interpreted by \f(CW\*(C`NNTPsendpassword()\*(C'\fR in libinn(3).
Blank lines and lines beginning with a number sign (\f(CW\*(C`#\*(C'\fR) are ignored.
All other lines should consist of three or four fields separated by
colons:
.PP
.Vb 2
\&    host:name:password
\&    host:name:password:style
.Ve
.PP
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.)
.PP
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.)
.PP
The optional fourth field specifies the type of authentication to use.
At present, the only recognized "authentication style" is \f(CW\*(C`authinfo\*(C'\fR;
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.)
.PP
For example:
.PP
.Vb 2
\&    mit.edu:bbn:mypasswd
\&    uunet.uu.net:bbn:yoyoma:authinfo
.Ve
.PP
This file should not be world-readable.
.PP
\&\fBactsync\fR, \fBgetlist\fR, \fBinews\fR, \fBinnxbatch\fR, \fBinnxmit\fR, \fBnnrpd\fR,
\&\fBnntpget\fR and \fBrnews\fR make use of \fIpassd.nntp\fR when needing to connect
to a remote server.
.SH HISTORY
.IX Header "HISTORY"
Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
inn.conf(5), innd(8), libinn(3).