Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 14:35:37 -0500 (EST) From: Stunt Pope <markjr@shmooze.net> To: sue2@welearn.com.au (Sue Blake) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: news with lynx? Message-ID: <199803091935.OAA00475@shmooze.net> In-Reply-To: <19980310052945.45306@welearn.com.au> from "Sue Blake" at Mar 10, 98 05:29:45 am
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> > > > I've read news with lynx before, but now I'm trying to access a remote news > server with a given username and password. > > After plugging these details into many different guesses about what the URL > should look like (based on half understanding the spec) the best I can get > is the polite refusal "Authentication required". > > Can anyone tell me exactly how to do this? It's possible that the server > is down or no longer recognises my password, so guesses aren't much help. > > > try lynx -auth=id:pw news:new.server.com Mark Jeftovic aka: mark jeff or vic, stunt pope. markjr@shmOOze.net http://www.shmOOze.net/~markjr PWC's BOFH http://www.PrivateWorld.com IRC: L-bOMb Keep `em Guessing To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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