.netrc ?

[Hamish Macdonald]

>>>>> In article <saRCJi600WB44JckVv at andrew.cmu.edu>,
>>>>> jy0q+ at andrew.cmu.edu (Jules Andrew Yasuna) writes:

Jules> As you know, the ".netrc" file residing in a user's home
Jules> directory permits automatic executions of "ftp." I have
Jules> consulted the manuals (SunOS 3.4 4.3bsd) but thusfar have
Jules> been unable to get this to work.

Jules> Perhaps there is some undocumented *feature* of which I
Jules> am unaware, or maybe I am just plain ignorant.

Jules> Any suggestions/assistance would be most appreciated.

Perhaps if you posted your attempt, people could point out your
errors.

If you are reluctant to do so because of embedded passwords, two
points:

1) You could delete the passwords from the posted version,

and

2) As has been mentioned on the the comp.unix.* newsgroups a lot
lately, keeping plaintext passwords in a .netrc (even a mode 600
.netrc) is stupid.

Hamish.
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