3 passwd.nntp - passwords for connecting to remote NNTP servers
7 The file F<passwd.nntp> in I<pathetc> contains host / name / password
8 triplets for use when authenticating client programs to NNTP servers.
9 This file is normally interpreted by NNTPsendpassword() in libinn(3).
10 Blank lines and lines beginning with a number sign (C<#>) are ignored.
11 All other lines should consist of three or four fields separated by
15 host:name:password:style
17 The first field is the name of a host, and is matched in a
18 case-insensitive manner. (No detailed matching, such as comparing IP
21 The second field is a user name, and the third is a password. If either
22 the username or password is empty, then that portion of the
23 authentication will not occur. (For example, when connecting to a
24 remote INN for peering, only the password is needed.)
26 The optional fourth field specifies the type of authentication to use.
27 At present, the only recognized "authentication style" is C<authinfo>;
28 this is also the default. It means that NNTP "authinfo" commands are
29 used to authenticate to the remote host. (The C<authinfo> command is a
30 common extension to RFC 977.)
34 ## UUNET needs a password, MIT doesn't.
36 uunet.uu.net:bbn:yoyoma:authinfo
38 This file should not be world-readable.
42 Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews. This is
43 revision $Revision: 5089 $, dated $Date: 2002-02-03 11:03:41 -0800 (Sun, 03 Feb 2002) $.
45 $Id: passwd.nntp.pod 5089 2002-02-03 19:03:41Z vinocur $
49 inn.conf(5), innd(8), libinn(3).