Re: trn nntp authorization
On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 11:22:58AM -0400, rir wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 11:43:50AM -0400, Gregory Seidman wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 09:56:09AM -0400, rir wrote:
>
> > > 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
> >
> > 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
>
> I have /etc/trn4/access.def readable and containing:
>
> #NNTP Server = /etc/news/server
> NNTP Server = nonesuch.none
> Auth User = me@host.net
> Auth Password = mypass
>
> But trn4 seems to ignore the file. It seems that trn4 is looking
> to /etc/news/server, always. If I put a bogus hostname
> in access.def, trn looks to /etc/news/server; if /etc/news/server
> is empty I get:
>
> Connecting to /etc/news/server.../etc/news/server: Unknown host.
> failed.
>
> There is a /usr/share/trn4/access.def, but it is just a symlink to
> /etc/trn4/access.def.
It turns out that /etc/news/server contains the hostname of my news server
(and nothing else). Try that.
> Thanks,
> rir
--Greg
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