netrc(4tcp)
netrc --
file for ftp remote login data
Description
The .netrc file contains data for logging in to a
remote host over the network for file transfers by
ftp(1tcp).
This file resides in the user's home directory
on the machine initiating the file transfer.
Its permissions should be set to
disallow read access by group and others (see
chmod(1)).
The following tokens are recognized.
They may be separated by
space, tab or newline characters:
account string-
Supply an additional account password.
If this token is present, the auto-login process
will supply the specified string if the remote
server requires an additional account password,
or the auto-login process will initiate
an ACCT command if it does not.
default-
This is the same as machine name except that
default matches any name.
There can be only one default token, and it must be after all
machine tokens.
This is normally used as:
default login anonymous password user@site
which gives the user automatic anonymous ftp login to
machines not specified in .netrc.
This can be overridden by using the -n option to
ftp to disable auto-login.
login name-
Identify a user on the remote machine.
If this token is present, the auto-login
process will initiate a login using the specified name.
macdef name-
Define a macro.
This functions in the same way as
the ftp macdef command.
A macro is defined with the
specified name. Its contents begin with the next
.netrc line and continue until a
null line (consecutive newline characters) is encountered.
If a macro named init is defined,
it is automatically executed as the last step in the auto-login process.
machine name-
Identify a remote machine name.
The auto-login process searches the .netrc
file for a machine
token that matches the remote machine specified on the ftp
command line or as an open command argument.
Once a match is made, the subsequent
.netrc tokens are processed, stopping when EOF
is reached or another machine token is encountered.
password string-
Supply a password.
If this token is present,
the auto-login process will supply the
specified string if the remote server requires
a password as part of the login process.
Note that, if this token is present in the .netrc file,
ftp will abort the auto-login process if the
.netrc is readable by anyone besides the user.
Files
~/.netrc-
References
chmod(1),
ftp(1tcp),
ftpd(1Mtcp)
Examples
A .netrc file containing the following line:
machine ray login demo password clydenw
allows an autologin to the machine ray
using the login name demo
with password ``clydenw''.
© 2004 The SCO Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 25 April 2004