[olug] Unix Tip: FTY AUTOMATED TRANSFERS

[Daniel Pfile]

I don't have a problem with it, as long as the target account is a low  
permission user. Something like a chrooted jail for backups or a  
special file drop via a custom ftp or web server type account. You'd  
want to be sure the source machine was very secure also, at least  
behind a strong firewall. I wouldn't have a password sitting on a front  
end machine.

As always, it's a balance between security and easy of use. For just  
being lazy, it's not a good idea, but if you need a script to transfer  
a file once an hour, it's worth looking into.

-- Daniel

On Monday, May 12, 2003, at 09:37 PM, Trent Melcher wrote:

> I don't know about the rest of you, but I have never been confortable
> hardcoding a password in a script, no matter what the permissions of  
> the
> file are.
>
> Trent
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> FTY AUTOMATED TRANSFERS
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> Automatic file transfer through a script
> between machines using FTP.
>
> If one wants to transfer files between
> UNIX machines, here are the steps to follow.
> 1. The .netrc file
>    a. create .netrc in the home directory.
>    b. add this line
>    machine <target machine> login <login name> password <password>
>
>       e.g.
>    machine abc.mydomain.com login deepak password deep123
>
>    c. chmod 600 .netrc
>
> 2. The Script:
>    ftp abc.mydomain.com  << endl
>    prompt
>    put test1.c
>    quit
>    endl
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> This should do it.
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> This tip generously supported by: dkotian1 at rediffmail.com
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