Patch #823072: add option to NOT use ~/.netrc in nntplib.NNTP().
diff --git a/Lib/nntplib.py b/Lib/nntplib.py
index d0bd5ad..8709fff 100644
--- a/Lib/nntplib.py
+++ b/Lib/nntplib.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
# The class itself
class NNTP:
def __init__(self, host, port=NNTP_PORT, user=None, password=None,
- readermode=None):
+ readermode=None, usenetrc=True):
"""Initialize an instance. Arguments:
- host: hostname to connect to
- port: port to connect to (default the standard NNTP port)
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
# If no login/password was specified, try to get them from ~/.netrc
# Presume that if .netc has an entry, NNRP authentication is required.
try:
- if not user:
+ if usenetrc and not user:
import netrc
credentials = netrc.netrc()
auth = credentials.authenticators(host)