Re: Authorization problem

On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 04:50:23PM +0400, Evgeny Kurbatov wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> The news server I use doesn't allow to post articles with tin or Gnus. 
> It requires authorization, so I wrote ~/.newsauth file and run
> `rtin -A' but tin falls saying 'Authorized for user: USERNAME', then 
> 'Permission denied'.
>
> Telnet says this:
> 
> % telnet www.830.ru 1119
> Trying 195.2.82.10...
> Connected to diasp.ru.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 201 830.ru InterNetNews NNRP server INN 2.4.3 ready (no posting).

leave out the -A switch, -A is only required if the server doesn't
automatically ask for authorization. if that doesn't help remove the
~/.newsauth file. tin then should prompt for username password (if it
doesn't then -A is required; retry with -A. if any attempt works rember if
you used -A or not and fill in ~/.newsauth again. the argument order is
	server	password	username

urs
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