Response code "482" / XPATH

[Russ Allbery]

Bettina Fink <laura at hydrophil.de> writes:

> two questions regarding RFC 2980 (Common NNTP Extensions), sorry if that
> has been discussed before (in which case I would appreciate some
> pointers):

> a). XPATH

> 200 [server] InterNetNews server INN 2.2.3 [...] ready
> xpath <99on89$9b8$1 at krell.zikzak.de>
> 223 de/rec/tv/misc/68158

> But

> 200 [server] InterNetNews server INN 2.3.2 (20010326 prerelease) ready
> xpath <99on89$9b8$1 at krell.zikzak.de>
> 500 Syntax error or bad command

> "xpath" is listed as a "Legal command" regarding "help".

XPATH was removed in INN 2.3 because it no longer makes any sense given
the storage API.  It was removed in a way that left it listed in HELP,
though; that's now been fixed in CURRENT.

> b). Response code "482"

> | 3.1.1 Original AUTHINFO
> | [...]
> | The 482 code will also be returned when the AUTHINFO commands are not
> | entered in the correct sequence (like two AUTHINFO USERs in a row, or
> | AUTHINFO PASS preceding AUTHINFO USER).

> 200 [server] InterNetNews NNRP server INN 2.3.2 (20010320 prerelease) ready (posting ok).
> authinfo user blah
> 381 PASS required
> authinfo user blah
> 381 PASS required

I've added this to doc/compliance-nntp.  It's a fairly low-priority
problem, since the reason why innd behaves this way is because it doesn't
care about the username at all.  innd AUTHINFO support is a *very*
simplified affair, and I'm not sure how widely it's used.

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra at stanford.edu)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>