UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi,

How to use ftp/scp command with password containing @ symbol.

Ex: ftp xyz:xyz@sun@11.211.111.11:/export/backups/

Exception I got: unknown host or invalid literal address

Note: I dont want to change the password.

Regards,
Vinodh' Kumar

try to replace @ by

Code:

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Tried no luck same exception.

I don't know where this syntax came from because the "ftp" command does not have a syntax to provide the username, password or directory name on the command line. This is unix not Internet Explorer or something?


Assuming this is unix.
If you can log in manually, it can usually be automated. Not clear from the above command line which field is which?

Example logging in manually to test the fields.
substitute your values for "username" "password" and "directory".

Code:

ftp -n 10.13.10.5
user username password

cd directory

dir
bye

Okay here it goes-

Code:

scp username:password@host:/export/backups/

password will be as xyz@xyz.

scp does not let you provide the password in such a fashion(or for that matter, in any noninteractive way). Have you read the manual pages for any of these commands?

If you want to login noninteractively with scp, you can use shared keys instead of passwords. This is an authentication method that's actually meant to be noninteractive.