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6. Click on Delete.
The Administration utility displays a message indicating that the client access definition
has been removed.
7. To return to the Modify Client Access Groups menu or the InterNetNews Administration
menu, use the navigation bar at the top of the screen.
15.4.5 Displaying Client Authentication Groups
Use the Configure Client Access menu to display authentication groups.
To display client authentication groups follow these steps:
1. From the Administration utility Main menu, choose Manage Components.
2. On the Manage Components menu, choose InterNetNews.
3. From the InterNetNews Administration menu, choose Configure Client Access.
4. From the Configure Client Access menu, choose Display Client Authentication Groups.
The Display Client Access Groups page is displayed, showing all currently defined client
authentication groups and the values associated with them.
15.4.6 Managing Client Authentication Groups
Client authentication groups allow you to identify users and group them, and in conjunction
with the client access groups, control what these groups of users are permitted to do. Information
is stored in the /usr/news/etc/readers.conf file.
From the Modify Client Authentication Groups menu, you can:
• Add a new client authentication group (see Section 15.4.6.1: Adding Client Authentication
Groups)
• Modify an existing client authentication group (see Section 15.4.6.2: Modifying Client
Authentication Groups)
• Delete a client authentication group (see Section 15.4.6.3: Deleting Client Authentication
Groups)
15.4.6.1 Adding Client Authentication Groups
Use the Configure Client Access menu to add new authentication groups. You can indicate which
groups that users can be associated with, and specify what those groups are permitted to do.
New information is stored in the /usr/news/etc/readers.conf file.
Table 15-3 describes the fields that appear on the Add Authentication Groups and Modify
Authentication Groups menus.
Table 15-3 Client Authentication Groups Menu Fields
DescriptionName
Indicates the search order of the group, relative to other groups.Placement
The names of the hosts for which users in the group belong.
This can be a comma-separated list.
Hosts
If no user resolver command has been specified for this group,
this value is used to identify this connection when searching
for an associated Access group entry. This can be almost
anything, for example "localuser". Alternatively, use the Key
field. This is an optional field and can be left blank.
Unresolved Connections identified as
Specifies the command line of a program to be executed to
resolve the identity of an incoming connection. This program
must be in the /usr/news/bin/auth/resolv directory. This
is an optional field and can be left blank.
User Resolver Command
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