From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 23 8:53:51 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6AE237B401 for ; Sun, 23 Mar 2003 08:53:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from hasseroeder.heim2.tu-clausthal.de (hasseroeder.heim2.tu-clausthal.de [139.174.240.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD34243F75 for ; Sun, 23 Mar 2003 08:53:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from arvid@hasseroeder.heim2.tu-clausthal.de) Received: from hasseroeder.heim2.tu-clausthal.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hasseroeder.heim2.tu-clausthal.de (8.12.8/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h2NGrl5g082231 for ; Sun, 23 Mar 2003 17:53:47 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from arvid@hasseroeder.heim2.tu-clausthal.de) Received: (from arvid@localhost) by hasseroeder.heim2.tu-clausthal.de (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h2NGrlAB082230 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2003 17:53:47 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 17:53:46 +0100 From: Arvid Warnecke To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question on tin: how to configure auto user/pwd Message-ID: <20030323165346.GB73676@heim2.tu-clausthal.de> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <1518765.1048435031978.JavaMail.nobody@dewey.psp.pas.earthlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="cNdxnHkX5QqsyA0e" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1518765.1048435031978.JavaMail.nobody@dewey.psp.pas.earthlink.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --cNdxnHkX5QqsyA0e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 07:57:03AM -0500, atk101@earthlink.net wrote: > I've read the man pages but see no option for configuring tin to auto > magically enter a user name/password when it connect to the > nntpserver.=20 >=20 I use a ~/.newsauth with tin here. Just create that file with newsserver.host.com password username in it. The password has to be set first, then the username. Strange, but it works. Cheers, Arvid --=20 [Arvid Warnecke] [ Arvid@Nostalgix.Org ] [PGPSubject: get pgp key] [IRC/OPN: madhatter] [ http://www.nostalgix.org ] [05323/715724] FreeBSD 4.8-RC XFree86 Version 4.2.1 Uptime: 7:02 BOFH #325: Your processor does not develop enough heat. --cNdxnHkX5QqsyA0e Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+feaatUGHhX4IlcwRAiksAJ9l7O5fovxGx/vZsgM7x+da5gKKWgCfQE1S FuDXCRyb7m2vDxxZYFjx998= =2ton -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --cNdxnHkX5QqsyA0e-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message