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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting ftp:Password field is displayed Post 302500536 by hiten.r.chauhan on Tuesday 1st of March 2011 01:47:47 AM
Old 03-01-2011
ftp:Password field is displayed

I am trying to get a file by doing ftp to the server.
The below script works fine but as I type password it is displayed as simple text.

Code:
HOST='192.108.245.101'
echo 'username: '
read USER
echo 'password:'
read PASSWD
ftp -n $HOST <<END_SCRIPT
quote USER $USER
quote PASS $PASSWD
lcd
cd /home/seo/hitendra
get tttt.sh
prompt off
quit
END_SCRIPT
exit 0


I want that password is displayed as * or blank so that password is not revealed to others.

When run
Code:
/home/seo/hitendra/
$ unix_10.sh
username: 
hitenc
password:
unix_unix007
Local directory now /home/seo/hitendra/
Interactive mode off.

I want to enter the username in the same line not like the above where after displaying the text username the control comes to the new line.Smilie

Also It does not display the messages of ftp like command succesfull and others.
 

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NETRC(5)						      BSD File Formats Manual							  NETRC(5)

NAME
netrc -- user configuration for ftp SYNOPSIS
~/.netrc 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 con- tents 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) Linux NetKit (0.17) September 23, 1997 Linux NetKit (0.17)
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