PASSWD.NNTP(5)
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 caseinsensitive 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 $