NAME

     passwd.nntp  -  passwords  for  connecting  to  remote  NNTP
     servers

DESCRIPTION

     The  file  /usr/local/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.
     This is revision 1.14, dated 1996/09/06.

SEE ALSO

     innd(8), libinn(3).