Re: Authentication

Chris Green <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I'm using sn version 0.3.3, I built it from source on the system
> where I have the shell account.  I'm not absolutely sure what Linux
> distribution it is but it's using kernel 2.2.19.
> 
> I'm not using snauth.  I'm using couriertcpd to run snntpd as
> follows:-
>     couriertcpd 50119 /home/d/cgreen/bin/snntpd
> 
> This gets it to listen on port 50119 and, as I said, it all works fine
> apart from my newsreader thinking it needs authentication.  One can
> telnet into port 50119 and it just echoes:-
>     "200 Hi, you can post"

Hmm, odd. Perhaps it's a bug in tin? (What version, BTW?) Have you tried
other news readers? You could also try using the "-ddd" option to make
snntpd log the actual NNTP commands and responses sent.

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