Re: Authentication?

[Jason R Mastaler <jason@mastaler.com>]

Kevin Cheek <kcheek@umich.edu> writes:

> Thanks for the suggestion, but that doesn't fix the problem I'm
> having.
> 
> The problem I am running into is that Gnus hangs during or right after
> sending the AUTHINFO. With either nntp-send-nosy-authinfo or the
> nntp-send-nosy-authinfo-from-file that you posted, Gnus simply
> hangs. This problem was mentioned in several messages on this list (in
> July, I think), but apparently no solution was ever found except to
> hit C-g, which would allow them to read news. Unfortunately, hitting
> C-g does not work for me as that simply causes Gnus to "Quit".
> 
> Does anyone know why Gnus hangs when using authentication?

I was the one who posted the questions in July, and a couple solutions
were in fact found.  One of which I posted, the other which I sent you
in a private e-mail.  Both fixed the hanging right after sending
AUTHINFO problem for me and several other people.  Have you tried both
of them?  Can you access this authenticated news server from the same
machine using another newsreader such as Netscape Navigator?

To reiterate, you should be able to get things working by adding 
either one (but not both) of the following to your .gnus or .emacs.

*interactively*
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(add-hook 'nntp-server-opened-hook 'nntp-send-mode-reader)         
(add-hook 'nntp-server-opened-hook 'nntp-send-nosy-authinfo)          
(setq nntp-authinfo-function (function nntp-send-nosy-authinfo))
----

*reading authinfo from file*
----
(add-hook 'nntp-server-opened-hook
          (lambda ()
            (cond ((string-match "something.com" nntp-address)
                   (nntp-send-nosy-authinfo-from-file))
                  (t
                    ))))
 
(defun nntp-send-nosy-authinfo-from-file ()
  "Send the AUTHINFO to the nntp server, including username and password
  This function is supposed to be called from `nntp-server-opened-hook'."
  (when (file-exists-p "~/.nntp-authinfo")
    (nnheader-temp-write nil
      (insert-file-contents "~/.nntp-authinfo")
      (goto-char (point-min))
      (nntp-send-command
       "^.*\r?\n" "AUTHINFO USER"
       (buffer-substring (point) (progn (end-of-line) (point))))
      (goto-line 2)
      (nntp-send-command 
       "^.*\r?\n" "AUTHINFO PASS" 
       (buffer-substring (point) (progn (end-of-line) (point)))))))
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   Jason R. Mastaler                      jason@mastaler.com