From: Steinar Bang <sb@metis.no>
Subject: Re: Forcing authentication on a server
Date: 06 Feb 1998 11:09:20 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <wh1zxhdoz3.fsf@norne.oslo.metis.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Steinar Bang's message of "05 Feb 1998 17:38:53 +0100"
>>>>> Steinar Bang <sb@metis.no>:
>>>>> Steinar Bang <sb@metis.no>:
>> Platform: qgnus-0.22, GNU emacs 19.34, SPARC, Solaris 2.5
>> The FAQ says the following about using an NNTP server with
>> authentication:
>> (add-hook 'nntp-server-opened-hook 'nntp-send-authinfo)
>> I've also tried
>> (add-hook 'nntp-server-opened-hook 'nntp-send-nosy-authinfo)
> Actually this seemed to work some of the time... but I've been unable
> to reproduce it. I seemed to introduce a behaviour where it *always*
> asked for username and password on a "g" command in *Group*.
> Not really what I was looking for, but I was able to read an article
> on that server.
It's kind of strange, because it doesn't start asking for username and
password straight away. It seems to happen after a certain number of
"g" commands in *Group*. Or maybe it happens after the demon has
tried to fetch new news and mail...?
Hm...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-02-06 10:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-02-05 14:54 Steinar Bang
1998-02-05 15:32 ` Andy Eskilsson
1998-02-05 16:38 ` Steinar Bang
1998-02-06 10:09 ` Steinar Bang [this message]
1998-02-08 16:53 ` Attempted forced authentication on an NNTP server Steinar Bang
1998-02-08 20:02 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-09 8:13 ` Steinar Bang
1998-02-09 16:29 ` Steinar Bang
1998-02-10 10:17 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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