NAME

       passwd.nntp - passwords for connecting to remote NNTP servers

DESCRIPTION

       The  file  /etc/news/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.  This is revision 1.14, dated 1996/09/06.

SEE ALSO

       innd(8), libinn(3).

                                                                                                  PASSWD.NNTP(5)