1NNTPTEST(1)                 General Commands Manual                NNTPTEST(1)
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NAME

8       nntptest - interactive NNTP test program
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SYNOPSIS

11       nntptest [ -t keyfile ] [ -p port ] [ -m mechanism ]
12                [ -a userid ] [ -u userid ] [ -k num ] [ -l num ]
13                [ -r realm ] [ -f file ] [ -n num ] [ -s ] [ -c ]
14                [ -i ] [ -o option=value ] [ -v ] hostname
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DESCRIPTION

17       nntptest  is a utility that allows you to authenticate to a NNTP server
18       and interactively issue commands to  it.  Once  authenticated  you  may
19       issue  any NNTP command by simply typing it in. It is capable of multi‐
20       ple SASL authentication mechanisms and handles encryption layers trans‐
21       parently.  This  utility  is  often used for testing the operation of a
22       nntp server. Also those developing NNTP clients find it useful.
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OPTIONS

25       -t keyfile
26              Enable TLS.  keyfile contains the TLS public and  private  keys.
27              Specify  ""  to negotiate a TLS encryption layer but not use TLS
28              authentication.
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30       -p port
31              Port to connect to. If left off this defaults to nntp as defined
32              in /etc/services.
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34       -m mechanism
35              Force nntptest to use mechanism for authentication. If not spec‐
36              ified the strongest authentication mechanism  supported  by  the
37              server  is  chosen.   Specify user to use the AUTHINFO USER/PASS
38              commands instead of AUTHINFO SASL.
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40       -a userid
41              Userid to use for authentication; defaults to the current  user.
42              This  is  the  userid whose password or credentials will be pre‐
43              sented to the server for verification.
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45       -u userid
46              Userid to use for authorization; defaults to the  current  user.
47              This  is the userid whose identity will be assumed after authen‐
48              tication.  NOTE: This is only used  with  SASL  mechanisms  that
49              allow proxying (e.g. PLAIN, DIGEST-MD5).
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51       -k num Minimum protection layer required.
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53       -l num Maximum protection layer to use (0=none; 1=integrity; etc).  For
54              example if you are using the KERBEROS_V4  authentication  mecha‐
55              nism  specifying  0 will force nntptest to not use any layer and
56              specifying 1 will force it  to  use  the  integrity  layer.   By
57              default the maximum supported protection layer will be used.
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59       -r realm
60              Specify  the  realm  to  use.  Certain authentication mechanisms
61              (e.g. DIGEST-MD5) may require one to specify the realm.
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63       -f file
64              Pipe file into connection after authentication.
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66       -n num Number of authentication attempts; default = 1.  The client will
67              attempt  to  do  SSL/TLS  session reuse and/or fast reauth (e.g.
68              DIGEST-MD5), if possible.
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70       -s     Enable NNTP over SSL (nntps).
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72       -c     Enable challenge prompt callbacks.   This  will  cause  the  OTP
73              mechanism  to  ask  for the the one-time password instead of the
74              secret pass-phrase (library generates the correct response).
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76       -i     Don't send an initial client response for SASL mechanisms,  even
77              if the protocol supports it.
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79       -o option=value
80              Set the SASL option to value.
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82       -v     Verbose. Print out more information than usual.
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SEE ALSO

85       nntpd(8)
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