Changi NNTP Server 1.0

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user_access

This file is used by the server to determine user access permissions, which is enabled if the matching access permission keyword in nntp_access starts with an uppercase letter. By default, Changi tries to read the file from CHANGIWORKDIR, unless otherwise specified by option -A or CHANGIUSERACCESSFILE. If the server can't locate the file, then the related access is denied.

The file consists of one or more lines with three fields each, separated by spaces. Any line starting with character # is interpreted as a comment line and ignored. All other lines must follow this general format:

user password grouplist[/nopost]
Example:
#
# nntp_access sample
#
*.ping.de       Read    Post
This example of nntp_access defines Read and Post access permission for any host within the domain ping.de. However, because of the uppercase letters R and P user authentication is required and Changi expects a file named user_access to contain user-id records.
#
# user_access sample
#
harald secret *
oliver passme local.*/*
User harald needs the password secret to log in and is permitted to read or post to any available group. User oliver is expected to use passme as a login password and is granted read access to any subgroup of local. He is not allowed to post to any group. All other users are rejected.


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URL: changi/manual/useraccs.html
Created: 27 October 1996
Revised: 21 November 1996
Author: harald@os2point.ping.de