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-rw-r--r--Lib/nntplib.py11
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/nntplib.py b/Lib/nntplib.py
index a5e0234..a266cbd 100644
--- a/Lib/nntplib.py
+++ b/Lib/nntplib.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class NNTP:
# - host: hostname to connect to
# - port: port to connect to (default the standard NNTP port)
- def __init__(self, host, port = NNTP_PORT):
+ def __init__(self, host, port = NNTP_PORT, user=None, password=None):
self.host = host
self.port = port
self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ class NNTP:
self.file = self.sock.makefile('rb')
self.debugging = 0
self.welcome = self.getresp()
+ if user:
+ resp = self.shortcmd('authinfo user '+user)
+ if resp[:3] == '381':
+ if not password:
+ raise error_reply, resp
+ else:
+ resp = self.shortcmd('authinfo pass '+password)
+ if resp[:3] != '281':
+ raise error_perm, resp
# Get the welcome message from the server
# (this is read and squirreled away by __init__()).