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]
user
password
grouplist
nopost
grouplist
.
# # nntp_access sample # *.ping.de Read PostThis 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 |