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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/nntplib.rst12
-rw-r--r--Lib/nntplib.py6
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS2
3 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/nntplib.rst b/Doc/library/nntplib.rst
index ea08fca..0f97806 100644
--- a/Doc/library/nntplib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/nntplib.rst
@@ -52,24 +52,26 @@ headers, and that you have right to post on the particular newsgroup)::
The module itself defines the following classes:
-.. class:: NNTP(host, port=119, user=None, password=None, readermode=None, usenetrc=True, [timeout])
+.. class:: NNTP(host, port=119, user=None, password=None, readermode=None, usenetrc=False, [timeout])
Return a new :class:`NNTP` object, representing a connection
to the NNTP server running on host *host*, listening at port *port*.
An optional *timeout* can be specified for the socket connection.
If the optional *user* and *password* are provided, or if suitable
credentials are present in :file:`/.netrc` and the optional flag *usenetrc*
- is true (the default), the ``AUTHINFO USER`` and ``AUTHINFO PASS`` commands
- are used to identify and authenticate the user to the server. If the optional
+ is true, the ``AUTHINFO USER`` and ``AUTHINFO PASS`` commands are used
+ to identify and authenticate the user to the server. If the optional
flag *readermode* is true, then a ``mode reader`` command is sent before
authentication is performed. Reader mode is sometimes necessary if you are
connecting to an NNTP server on the local machine and intend to call
reader-specific commands, such as ``group``. If you get unexpected
:exc:`NNTPPermanentError`\ s, you might need to set *readermode*.
- *readermode* defaults to ``None``. *usenetrc* defaults to ``True``.
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.2
+ *usenetrc* is now False by default.
-.. class:: NNTP_SSL(host, port=563, user=None, password=None, ssl_context=None, readermode=None, usenetrc=True, [timeout])
+.. class:: NNTP_SSL(host, port=563, user=None, password=None, ssl_context=None, readermode=None, usenetrc=False, [timeout])
Return a new :class:`NNTP_SSL` object, representing an encrypted
connection to the NNTP server running on host *host*, listening at
diff --git a/Lib/nntplib.py b/Lib/nntplib.py
index 79611b3..70a75b6 100644
--- a/Lib/nntplib.py
+++ b/Lib/nntplib.py
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ class _NNTPBase:
readermode=None, timeout=_GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT):
"""Initialize an instance. Arguments:
- file: file-like object (open for read/write in binary mode)
- - host: hostname of the server (used if `usenetrc` is True)
+ - host: hostname of the server
- readermode: if true, send 'mode reader' command after
connecting.
- timeout: timeout (in seconds) used for socket connections
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ class _NNTPBase:
class NNTP(_NNTPBase):
def __init__(self, host, port=NNTP_PORT, user=None, password=None,
- readermode=None, usenetrc=True,
+ readermode=None, usenetrc=False,
timeout=_GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT):
"""Initialize an instance. Arguments:
- host: hostname to connect to
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ if _have_ssl:
def __init__(self, host, port=NNTP_SSL_PORT,
user=None, password=None, ssl_context=None,
- readermode=None, usenetrc=True,
+ readermode=None, usenetrc=False,
timeout=_GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT):
"""This works identically to NNTP.__init__, except for the change
in default port and the `ssl_context` argument for SSL connections.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 1c0da0c..519c189 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
+- ``usenetrc`` is now false by default for NNTP objects.
+
- Issue #1926: Add support for NNTP over SSL on port 563, as well as
STARTTLS. Patch by Andrew Vant.