PASSWD.NNTP(5)

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''  com-
       mands  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'' com-
       mand 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  lt;rsalz@uunet.uu.net  for  InterNet-
       News.  This is revision 1.14, dated 1996/09/06.

SEE ALSO
       innd(8) libinn(3).