Re: Authorization problem

On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 06:03:51PM +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'.
> >
> >Sounds like your .newsauth file is broken. It looks strange that you get
> >the string "USERNAME" instead of the username from your .newsauth file.
> 
> No, .newsauth is ok.  And tin prompts username as in that file, I just 
> masked it for security reasons. :)
> 
> Nothing helps: leaving out -A option, renaming .newsauth, nothing. 
> Answer of tin just one each time: Permission denied.  Without .newsauth 
> and with -A it asks for login and password, then rejects.
> 
I've seen exactly this problem some time in the (fairly) distant past.
I also managed to fix it, the only problem is that I can't remember
how I fixed it.  I'll have a dig through my mail archives and see if I
can come up with anything.

My first feeling is that maybe an upgrade of tin fixed it for me.

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Chris Green ([email protected])