[solved] INN2 set up user authentication via ckpasswd

Authentication works with the below configuration in readers.conf. Authentication also works with the commented lines uncommented. I suppose INN is choosing the first one that applies? Anyway I consider this issue mostly solved. Any pointers on a cleaner config would be appreciated.

I needed to include the full path to ckpasswd as it is not in system path. I also needed to make sure I was entering into mode reader before authenticating.

Thank you, Julien, for the help and the copious documentation. I will follow your advice for a more secure password hashing scheme. The default one does look rather weak.

auth "foreignokay" {
auth: "/usr/lib/news/bin/auth/passwd/ckpasswd -f /etc/news/userdb"
default: "<unauthenticated>"
}

access "authenticatedpeople" {
users: "*"
newsgroups: "*"
}

# auth "users" {
# auth: "/usr/lib/news/bin/auth/passwd/ckpasswd -f /etc/news/userdb"
# default: "<unauthenticated>"
# }

access "restrictive" {
users: "<unauthenticated>"
newsgroups: "!*"
}