topic Re: ftp command in Operating System - HP-UX

ftp command

harikrishna — Wed, 07 Jan 2004 00:29:25 GMT

How can i pass the user name and password along with the ip address at the ftp command.
Please give the early reply.

Thanks
HARI KRISHNA

Re: ftp command

T G Manikandan — Wed, 07 Jan 2004 00:37:10 GMT

You can write a script like

ftp -n <open
user username password
bi
mget
EOF

Re: ftp command

Rajeev Shukla — Wed, 07 Jan 2004 00:40:43 GMT

ftp -n << EOF
open xx.xx.xx.xx
user user_name user_password
...
...

..
EOF

Re: ftp command

T G Manikandan — Wed, 07 Jan 2004 00:42:59 GMT

It would be better to quit the ftp session in a proper way so use 'quit' before EOF

ftp -n <..
...
quit
EOF

Re: ftp command

Sanjay Kumar Suri — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 00:14:56 GMT

Thanks Hari

Your question has answer my problems as well.

To add to other replies use ascii/binary (to take care type of file) and use prompt (if you want to use mget/mput).

sks

Re: ftp command

G. Vrijhoeven — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 06:01:27 GMT

Hi,

you could use a file called .netrc. That works just like .rhosts, and is a big security risk, just like putting the username/passwd in a script. I would suggest scp if it needs to be secure.

Gideon

Re: ftp command

Steven E. Protter — Fri, 09 Jan 2004 12:23:18 GMT

Seconding the last suggestion.

scp is secure.

http://software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=T1471AA

link:

attaching a config doc.

SEP