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Command: netrc | Section: 4 | Source: Digital UNIX | File: netrc.4.gz
netrc(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual netrc(4)
NAME
netrc, .netrc - Specifies automatic login information for ftp
SYNOPSIS
$HOME/.netrc
DESCRIPTION
The .netrc file contains the information used by the automatic login
(autologin) feature of the ftp command. It is a hidden file in your
home directory and must be owned by the user logging in, or by the root
user. If the .netrc file contains a login password, the file's per-
missions must be set to 600 (read and write by owner only).
The .netrc file can contain the following entries (separated by spaces,
tabs, or newlines): Where host is the name of a remote host. This en-
try begins the definition of the autologin process for the specified
host. All following entries up to the next machine entry or the end of
the file apply to that host. This is the same as machine, except that
default matches any name. There can be only one default token, and it
must appear after all machine tokens. This is normally used as fol-
lows: default login anonymous password user@site The preceding command
line gives the user automatic anonymous ftp login to machines not spec-
ified in .netrc. This can be overriden by using the -n flag to disable
autologin. Where user is the username to use at the remote host. If
this entry is found, the autologin process initiates a login using the
specified name. If this entry is missing, the autologin process fails.
Where password is the login password to be used. The autologin process
supplies this password to the remote server. A login password must be
established at the remote host and that password must be entered in
this file, or the autologin process fails and you are prompted for the
login password. Where password is the account password to be used. If
this entry is found and an account password is required at the remote
host, the autologin process supplies the password to the remote server.
If the remote host requires an account password but this entry is miss-
ing, the autologin process prompts for the account password. Where
macro is the name of an ftp subcommand macro. The macro definition
starts on the following line and is defined to contain all of the fol-
lowing ftp subcommands up to the next blank line. If the macro is
named init, ftp executes the macro upon successful completion of the
autologin process.
FILES
Contains automatic login information.
RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: ftp(1). delim off
netrc(4)