Re: Problems with -R option

On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 01:01:29PM +0400, Anton Shepelev wrote:
> > update to a recent version (2.0.1),  several  bugs
> > with -S and -R have been fixed in 1.9.x
> In tin 1.9.6 the problem persists.  I have tried the

update to a _recent_ version, that is >= 2.0

> Without news.tin.org registered in newsauth,  start-
> ing tin yields:
>   Server expects authentification.
>       Please, eneter username: anton

do you use the -A cmd. line flag? if so, drop it.

> I press enter, tin asks for a password.  I press en-
> ter again and tin writes:
> 
>   NNTP authorization password not found for news.tin.org.

nnrpd.access from the server:

*:Read:::!*,tin.*,lists.*

-> tin.* is world readable without authentication
   (i've check that from various ips)

> and exits.  If I enter an empty login  and  password

you could recompile (a _recent_ version) of tin with debugging enabled and
start it with -D 1 to see the NNTP dialog.

urs
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