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