I have a server DEV1 which has some files that needs to be transferred via ftp to servers DEV2 and DEV3. The user performing the ftp on DEV1 is Mike and is logging into DEV2 and DEV3 as user Chug



I log in to DEV1 with the username called Mike. And as Mike, I issue the ftp command

ftp DEV2

I get

Enter PASSCODE at the Password: prompt.
230 User chug logged in.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp>



Thus, the user chug is automatically logged in without providing a username and password!! This is great and this is what I wanted on DEV3 also.


But to DEV3 (from DEV1), when I do the same -

ftp DEV3
I am asked for username and password -

(Here i can enter chug and its password, but i didn't want it to ask me for username and password). Is this something that can be set up on DEV3 so that from DEV1 when I say "ftp DEV3" user chug is logged in automatically

Thanks

On machine DEV1 login using the id "mike" and go to the home directory .
Open the file called .netrc . If not there create one .
Inside that put the following :

machine <remote machine name> login <userid> password <password>

for e.g
machine DEV3 login chug password welcome

Save and exit from the file .

now on the command prompt try
ftp DEV3 ...
U should be able to log in to DEV3 as chug

Thanks a lot. That worked

I followed the same steps but got an error 'Error - .netric file not correct mode. Remove passowrd or correct mode.' How to fix this up.

~/.netrc != ~/.netric

Hello send2sridhar
Vgersh is right. The file should be .netrc and not .netric
and should be in your home directory

set the permissions from the file "chmod 400 .netrc" (r--------)

Its Worked!Thanks a Lot Mate . However there's a new problem, I am trying to write a shell script to run ftp process as a exe file. The problem is the commands r working fine in the unix mode but they r not working when the system enters ftp mode. Say this is the following code

ftp 10.80.20.38
bin
hash
prompt off
cd test
put
-------------------

I want to change the directory on the remote machine before putting the files there. However none of these commands work other than the ftp command, it logs me on to the remote machine(since I have enabled .netrc file), but thats it. I hope some body can help me.

take a look at the man ftp look at the in flag
i beleve it is done something like this

ftp -in ipaddress <<EOF
username
password
cd directory
put or get
bye
EOF