passwd.nntp(5)

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6       passwd.nntp - Passwords for connecting to remote NNTP servers
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DESCRIPTION

9       The file pathetc/passwd.nntp contains host / name / password triplets
10       for use when authenticating client programs to NNTP servers.  This file
11       is normally interpreted by NNTPsendpassword() in libinn(3).  Blank
12       lines and lines beginning with a number sign ("#") are ignored.  All
13       other lines should consist of three or four fields separated by colons:
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15           host:name:password
16           host:name:password:style
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18       The first field is the name of a host, and is matched in a case-
19       insensitive manner.  (No detailed matching, such as comparing IP
20       addresses, is done.)
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22       The second field is a user name, and the third is a password.  If
23       either the username or password is empty, then that portion of the
24       authentication will not occur.  (For example, a server may require only
25       a username, in which case the password is not necessary.  Note that a
26       username is mandatory with AUTHINFO USER/PASS.)
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28       The optional fourth field specifies the type of authentication to use.
29       At present, the only recognized "authentication style" is "authinfo";
30       this is also the default.  It means that AUTHINFO USER/PASS commands
31       are used to authenticate to the remote host.  (These NNTP commands are
32       described in RFC 4643.)
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36           ##  UUNET needs a password, MIT doesn't.
37           mit.edu:bbn::authinfo
38           uunet.uu.net:bbn:yoyoma:authinfo
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40       This file should not be world-readable.
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HISTORY

43       Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews.
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45       $Id: passwd.nntp.pod 8821 2009-11-20 17:32:37Z iulius $
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