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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
