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
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