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Re: trn nntp authorization



On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 09:56:09AM -0400, rir wrote:
> I am trying to use trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) on Debian 3.1.
> How do I get trn to authorize.  I can connect manually:
> 
> $ telnet newsgroups.comcast.net nntp
> Trying 216.196.97.136...
> Connected to comcast.dca.giganews.com.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 200 News.GigaNews.Com
> authinfo user _username_
> 381 more authentication required
> authinfo pass _password_
> 281 News.GigaNews.Com
> quit
> 
> How do I set up trn to authorize like this.

You should have a /etc/trn4/access.def file, which has decent comments on
what to set. I set the following:

NNTP Server
Auth User
Auth Password
Force Auth

> Thanks.
> rir
--Greg


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