script with FTP

[FOREST Michel]

how can execute a script with a connection ftp on the server HP ?
Thanks in advance

[Dan Hetzel]

Hi Michel,

You may use what's called a 'here document' like this:
ftp << EOF
open HOSTNAME
LOGIN_NAME
PASSWORD
binary
cd /tmp
put FILE
bye
EOF

Replace HOSTNAME, LOGIN_NAME, PASSWORD and FILE with appropriate data.

A 'here document' is a way to simulate the keyboard entry with text data located between matching labels (EOF in the example above)

man sh-posix will explain this (do a search for <<)

Best regards,

Dan

[Thomas J. Harrold]

It is also worth noting that you can use variables in the above solution. (ie $DESTINATION, $USERNAME, etc...)

It makes this much more flexible when inserting into a script.

Best of luck.

-tjh

[Roulet]

Michel,

FTP is not really secure by this way,
have a look on this: see attached file

Happy new year

Pierre

[FOREST Michel]

thanks Dan, tjh, Pierre, for answers.
But i don't want use FTP in a script, I want execute a script on a connection FTP (ex: idem .profile for rlogin or telnet)

Thanks in advance.

MF

[Dan Hetzel · Accepted solution]

Hi Michel,

Your example (same .profile for rlogin and telnet) is impossible.
The reason is:
rlogin starts a shell while ftp doesn't.
As .profile is a shell executable, it cannot be used with non shell programs.

If you want to execute remote commands on a system, you could use 'remsh' to run any script or program, providing you're allowed to, and 'rcp' to copy files back and forth.

What do you want to do on the remote system?

Best regards,

Dan

[FOREST Michel]

Hi Dan,
ok with you. in fact, I want execute a process on server HP when a user 'toto' this connect in ftp

thanks Dan.

[Steve Massey_1]

Hi Michel

run ftpd -l this -l option should log to syslog the ftp connection and username.

Then have cron setup to grep for the said user/ftp in syslog and run the required script.

Hope it's of some help

Steve

[Dan Hetzel]

Hi Michel,

Andreas Voss gave an example to redirect the logs to a different file. This would prevent syslog.log from becoming too large.

---QUOTE Andreas
this is not a single switch of ftpd messages but a solution that redirects ANY daemon facility (including ftpd) to a different file:
Change /etc/syslog.conf FROM:
mail.debug /var/adm/syslog/mail.log
*.info;mail.none /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log
*.alert /dev/console
*.alert root
*.emerg *
TO:
mail.debug /var/adm/syslog/mail.log
daemon.info;mail.none /var/adm/syslog/daemon.log
*.info;mail.none,daemon.none /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log
*.alert /dev/console
*.alert root
*.emerg *

(Note: delimiter MUST BE [TAB])
This will write daemon facilities into /var/adm/syslog/daemon.log.
After changes to /etc/syslog.conf reinitialize syslogd:
/sbin/init.d/syslogd stop
/sbin/init.d/syslogd start

---\QUOTE

Best regards,

Dan

[FOREST Michel]

thanks all and Happy New Year !!!

MF.