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Format of the netrc and ftplogin files

       

On Unix and VM/CMS systems, the .netrc DOT NETRC A0 on VM/CMS systems) have the following format. On Unix systems these files must reside in the home directory of the relevant user and be correctly protected using the command

Protecting a .netrc file

chmod 0600 .netrc

Format of the .netrc files

machine <host-name> login <user-name> password <password>

e.g.

machine cernvm login zftptest password kwerdal

On VAX/VMS systems, the file is named ftplogin.; and should again reside in the home directory. It should be protected as follows:

Protecting an ftplogin file

SET FILE/PROTECTION=(S,W,G,O:R) FTPLOGIN.;

The format of this file is somewhat simpler, containing no keywords, as shown in the following example.

An example of an ftplogin file

cernvnm zftptest kwerdal

vxcrna  zftptest -

Note that the minus sign will cause a prompt for the password.


Janne Saarela
Tue May 16 09:22:05 METDST 1995