NAME¶
netrc —
user configuration for
ftp
SYNOPSIS¶
DESCRIPTION¶
This file contains configuration and autologin information for the File Transfer
Protocol client
ftp(1).
The
.netrc file contains login and initialization information
used by the auto-login process. It resides in the user's home directory. The
following tokens are recognized; they may be separated by spaces, tabs, or
new-lines:
- 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 the end of
file is reached or another machine or a
default token is encountered.
- 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
thereby giving the user automatic anonymous ftp login
to machines not specified in .netrc. This can be
overridden by using the -n flag 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.
- 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 for any user other than
anonymous, ftp will abort the
auto-login process if the .netrc is readable by anyone
besides the user.
- 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.
- macdef
name
- Define a macro. This token functions like the
ftp macdef command functions. A macro
is defined with the specified name; its contents begin with the next
.netrc line and continue until a null line (consecutive
new-line characters) is encountered. If a macro named
init is defined, it is automatically executed as the
last step in the auto-login process.
SEE ALSO¶
ftp(1),
ftpd(8)