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PASSWD.NNTP(5) | File Formats Manual | PASSWD.NNTP(5) |
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passwd.nntp - passwords for connecting to remote NNTP serversDESCRIPTION¶
The file /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 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
## UUNET needs a password, MIT doesn't. mit.edu:bbn::authinfo uunet.uu.net:bbn:yoyoma:authinfo