I am having problems with passing the authentification information from the trn
access file to either of two news servers I use that require identification.
Till I can figure out the obvious thing I'm missing about the access file, I've
been forced to use Pine as a News client. Pine is a hideous News client.
Must I use square brackets around the server ID? I've tried it both ways. I've
also tried it with authentifiation turned on.
What environment variables must I use? I've tried it with and without an
NNTPSERVER variable for my default server.
trn4, Test 70.
Typically, with the Remote1 NNTP server, I am able to access the Newsgroups
selector, but get Error 205 when entering a group. With the Default NNTP
server, I cannot even get to the Newsgroups selector.
# This is a sample ~/.trn/access file.
remote1
NNTP Server = news.cis.dfn.de
Active File = /tmp/dfn.active
Auth User = {some user name}
#Auth Password = {some password}
#Auth Command =
#Force Auth = yes
[default]
NNTP Server = news.alt.net
Active File = /tmp/alt.active
Auth User = {some user name}
Auth Password = {some password}
#Force Auth = yes
# This section tells trn what newsrc groups you want to use. If you
# define multiple entries with the same group number, all of the .newsrcs
# are combined and used together. The first entry encountered will be
# the first group that trn will open. Otherwise the numbers dictate the
# presentation order (see Ctrl-N and Ctrl-P). You can have multiple
# .newsrc's from the same server or different servers, however you like.
# The ID name "default" always exists with your compiled-in defaults.
# If you leave off the newsrc name, the default is supplied. If you
# don't want any groups added to an rc, specify "no" in the "Add Groups"
# field. If you don't want new-group checking but want to manually
# add groups, specify "manual". The default is "yes".
[Group 1]
ID = remote1
Newsrc = ~/dfn.newsrc
Add Groups = manual
[Group 1]
ID = default
Newsrc = ~/alt.newsrc
Add Groups = manual
