FTP through a Firewall

[Belinda Dermody]

I have a temporary project where I need to send files via ftp from a HP9000 to a vendor through a firewall. I would like the script to do it without prompting for a userid or passwd. I know that .netrc and hardcoding is a NO NO, but this is only a temporary situation till they load and configure ssh. The problem is I have to ftp to our firewall and then enter the site info.

EX:
ftp 10.10.10.10
220 InterScan FTP VirusWall NT 3.51 (Stand-alone Mode), Virus scan on
Name (10.10.10.10:jmarrion #here I enter the testusername and site IP. -- harristest@999.999.999.12
then it prompts me for the password and then I am connected.

Is there anyway that I can put all of this stuff into a shell so I will not be prompted or the operator prompted.

I have a HPUX9000 with 11.00 O/

[Arockia Jegan]

Here's the way,

ftp -n 10.10.10.10 << FTP
user harristest@999.999.999.12
put
FTP

[Belinda Dermody]

Arockia: When I enter the -n I get the following, I tried it in the script and on the command line. Without the -n I have no problems from the command line.

aspen:/tmp: ftp -n 10.10.10.10
Connected to 10.10.10.10.
220 InterScan FTP VirusWall NT 3.51 (Stand-alone Mode), Virus scan on
421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection
ftp> quit

[steven Burgess_2]

Hi

ftp -inv << EOF
open
user
cd /dir
get
bye
EOF

HTH

Steve

[Belinda Dermody]

Can not use the -n argument it gives the no connection prompt every time.

[Dave La Mar]

James -
We use the following format extensively:

ftp -n -v << endl >> ftp.log
open server_name_or_ip_address
user username password
ascii
put file_name
quit
endl


Best of Luck,
dl

[Belinda Dermody]

The ftp server on the firewall is a NT system and it doesnt allow the -n option form the HPUX system. Is there another argument that is acceptable for the NT server, or did the security manager turn this option off

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

does passive mode help?
it should be the firts command

# ftp x.y.z.1
ftp > passive
ftp > binary