> my news server requires that I use authentification to identify myself.
> I've been told that a number of windows news readers will do this.
> Any suggestions on how to set this up under linux.
Here's a crude hack you might try. It's a simple server run out of inetd. It
receives incoming connections from your news software, opens a connection to
the real news server, sends the username and password, then just forwards
data between your newsreader and the server. The new server receives your
username and password, even though your news reader software isn't smart
enough to send it.
Adjust the username, password, and server for your situation. Then, add an
apropriate entry in /etc/inetd.conf to run this script on the nntp port, and
hup inetd. Configure your news reader software to use "localhost" as the
news server, and you're set.
WARNING: This will accept connections from _anywhere_, not just software
running on your machine. You really should use something like tcp wrappers
to prevent outsiders from accessing this.
Standard disclaimer: This might not work. Or worse. Use at your own risk.
#!/bin/perl
require 5.002;
use Socket;
$SIG{'INT'}='dokill';
sub dokill { kill 9, $child if $child; }
$hostname="yourhost.domain.com";
$iaddr = inet_aton("YourNewsServer") || die "No host: $servname";
$paddr = sockaddr_in(119, $iaddr);
$proto = getprotobyname('tcp');
socket(SOCK, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, $proto) || die "socket: $!";
connect(SOCK, $paddr) || die "connect: $!";
select(SOCK);$|=1;
select(STDOUT);$|=1;
print SOCK "AUTHINFO user YourUserName\nAUTHINFO pass YourPassWord\n";
do {
$_ = <SOCK>;
if (/^200 / || /^201 /) {
print STDOUT $_;
}
} while (!/^281 /);
if ($child=fork()) {
while (<STDIN>) {
print SOCK $_;
}
}
else {
while(<SOCK>) {
print STDOUT $_;
}
}
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