passwd.nntp(5)

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NAME

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

9       The file passwd.nntp in pathetc contains host / name / password
10       triplets for use when authenticating client programs to NNTP servers.
11       This file is normally interpreted by NNTPsendpassword() in libinn(3).
12       Blank lines and lines beginning with a number sign ("#") are ignored.
13       All other lines should consist of three or four fields separated by
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16           host:name:password
17           host:name:password:style
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19       The first field is the name of a host, and is matched in a case-insen‐
20       sitive manner.  (No detailed matching, such as comparing IP addresses,
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23       The second field is a user name, and the third is a password.  If
24       either the username or password is empty, then that portion of the
25       authentication will not occur.  (For example, when connecting to a
26       remote INN for peering, only the password is needed.)
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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 NNTP "authinfo" commands are
31       used to authenticate to the remote host.  (The "authinfo" command is a
32       common extension to RFC 977.)
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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.  This is
44       revision $Revision: 5091 $, dated $Date: 2002-02-03 11:05:22 -0800
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47       $Id: passwd.nntp.5 5091 2002-02-03 19:05:22Z vinocur $
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