PASSWD.NNTP(5)

NAME
passwd.nntp - passwords for connecting to remote NNTP servers

DESCRIPTION
The file /var/news/etc/passwd.nntp contains host-name-password triplets for use when authenticating client programs to NNTP servers. This file is normally interpreted by the NNTPsendpassword routine in libinn(3). Blank lines and lines beginning with a number sign (``#'') are ignored. All other lines should consist of three or four fields separated by colons:
    host:name:password
    host:name:password:style

The first field is the name of a host, and is matched in a case-insensitive manner. The second field is a user name, and the third is a password. The optional fourth field specifies the type of authentication to use. The default is ``authinfo'' which means that NNTP ``authinfo'' commands are used to authenticate to the remote host. If either the username or password are empty, then the related command will not be sent. (The ``authinfo'' command is a common extension to RFC 977.)

For example:
    ##  UUNET needs a password, MIT doesn't.
    mit.edu:bbn::authinfo
    uunet.uu.net:bbn:yoyoma:authinfo

This file should not be world-readable.

HISTORY
Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews.

SEE ALSO
innd(8), libinn(3).