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PASSWD.NNTP(5)
NAME
  passwd.nntp - passwords for connecting to remote NNTP servers

DESCRIPTION
  The file passwd.nntp in pathetc contains host / name / password triplets
  for use when authenticating client programs to NNTP servers.	This file is
  normally interpreted by NNTPsendpassword() 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.  (No detailed matching, such as comparing IP addresses, is done.)

  The second field is a user name, and the third is a password.	 If either
  the username or password is empty, then that portion of the authentication
  will not occur.  (For example, when connecting to a remote INN for peering,
  only the password is needed.)

  The optional fourth field specifies the type of authentication to use.  At
  present, the only recognized "authentication style" is "authinfo"; this is
  also the default.  It means that NNTP "authinfo" commands are used to
  authenticate to the remote host.  (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.  This is
  revision $Revision: 1.5.6.1 $, dated $Date: 2002/02/03 19:07:50 $.

  $Id: passwd.nntp.5,v 1.5.6.1 2002/02/03 19:07:50 vinocur Exp $

SEE ALSO
  inn.conf(5), innd(8), libinn(3).

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