On 01/02/2024 16:47, Kyonshi wrote:

I am wondering if I even can properly call the ckpasswd program with
this path. (the path is where the program is located on this system)

The correct way (this is a working example, adapt to your system):

cat /etc/news/readers.conf

# Setup auth for user's
auth user {
hosts: *
auth: "/usr/lib/news/bin/auth/passwd/ckpasswd -f /etc/news/userdb"
default: <FAIL>
}

# If the user if autenticated use this access
access all {
users: "user,*@your.host.here.com, !localhost, !<FAIL>*"
newsgroups: *
access: "RPN"
perlfilter: true
}

# If user don't have do login, see (and post) only on local group
access fail {
users: "<FAIL>*"
newsgroups: !*,local.*
access: "RP"
perlfilter: true
}



Sincerely

--
Ivo Gandolfo

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