Shell Programming and Scripting

hi , i am a still beginner in unix and specially in ftp i've written this script but my admin asked me that he don't want to see in my ftp neither user neither password , so i've created .netrc file where in it i've put machine name , user and pass but still included in my script , so if someone can see it to tell me who to remove my user and pass from the script to use it wthout them just automate it

the script is :

Code:

cd /tmp/FCDR_TEST
i=1
while [ $i -le 10 ]
do
  touch file$i
  i=`expr $i + 1`
done
HOST='x.y.z.u'
USER='user'
PASSWD='jajaja'
 
/usr/bin/ftp -i -n $HOST << EOF
quote USER $USER
quote PASS $PASSWD
cd /tmp/FCDR_TEST
lcd /export/home/user/tmp
mget file*
bye
EOF
rm /tmp/FCDR_TEST/file*

use sftp ( need password less ssh setup -- google it or search in this forum )

can u please just explain little bit more who to use it ???

thanks a lot , n i will try to find an escape

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at my work we're not using yet SFTP , still of ftp so the problem can be resolved or ... ? hope not taking lot of ur time itkamaraj

is your .netrc file having the permission 600 ?

Unix -> .netrc

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yes n in it i've put machine x.x.x.x
login user
password xxxx