[8387] in Athena Bugs
.netrc files on the rs6000
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Tang)
Fri Oct 11 20:08:10 1991
To: bugs@Athena.MIT.EDU
From: Jeff Tang <jefft@Athena.MIT.EDU>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 91 20:09:02 EDT
~% chmod 600 .netrc
~% ls -l .netrc
-rw------- 1 jefft system 522 Aug 02 16:41 .netrc
~% ftp prep.ai.mit.edu
Connected to prep.ai.mit.edu.
220 aeneas FTP server (Version 4.136 Mon Oct 31 23:18:38 EST 1988) ready.
Error - .netrc file not correct mode.
Remove password or correct mode.
221 Goodbye.
This should have worked. There's nothing at all strange about my setup
anymore.
From the netrc man page:
The .netrc file contains the information used by the automatic
login feature of the rexec and ftp commands. It is a hidden
file in a user's home directory and must be owned either by the
user executing the command or by the root user. If the .netrc
file contains a login password, the file's permissions must be
set to 600 (read and write by owner only).
-Jeff
