1=head1 NAME 2 3passwd.nntp - Passwords for connecting to remote NNTP servers 4 5=head1 DESCRIPTION 6 7The file I<pathetc>/passwd.nntp contains host / name / password 8triplets for use when authenticating client programs to NNTP servers. 9This file is normally interpreted by NNTPsendpassword() in libinn(3). 10Blank lines and lines beginning with a number sign (C<#>) are ignored. 11All other lines should consist of three or four fields separated by 12colons: 13 14 host:name:password 15 host:name:password:style 16 17The first field is the name of a host, and is matched in a 18case-insensitive manner. (No detailed matching, such as comparing IP 19addresses, is done.) 20 21The second field is a user name, and the third is a password. If either 22the username or password is empty, then that portion of the 23authentication will not occur. (For example, a server may require only 24a username, in which case the password is not necessary. Note that 25a username is mandatory with AUTHINFO USER/PASS.) 26 27The optional fourth field specifies the type of authentication to use. 28At present, the only recognized "authentication style" is C<authinfo>; 29this is also the default. It means that AUTHINFO USER/PASS commands 30are used to authenticate to the remote host. (These NNTP commands 31are described in S<RFC 4643>.) 32 33For example: 34 35 ## UUNET needs a password, MIT doesn't. 36 mit.edu:bbn::authinfo 37 uunet.uu.net:bbn:yoyoma:authinfo 38 39This file should not be world-readable. 40 41=head1 HISTORY 42 43Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews. 44 45$Id: passwd.nntp.pod 8821 2009-11-20 17:32:37Z iulius $ 46 47=head1 SEE ALSO 48 49inn.conf(5), innd(8), libinn(3). 50 51=cut 52