NETRC(5) BSD File Formats Manual NETRC(5)
NAME
netrc, .netrc - user configuration for ftp
DESCRIPTION
This file contains configuration and autologin information for the File Transfer Pro-
tocol client ftp(1).
The .netrc file contains login and initialization information used by the auto-login
process. It resides in the user's home directory. The following tokens are recog-
nized; they may be separated by spaces, tabs, or new-lines:
machine name
Identify a remote machine name. The auto-login process searches the .netrc
file for a machine token that matches the remote machine specified on the
ftp command line or as an open command argument. Once a match is made, the
subsequent .netrc tokens are processed, stopping when the end of file is
reached or another machine or a default token is encountered.
default This is the same as machine name except that default matches any name.
There can be only one default token, and it must be after all machine
tokens. This is normally used as:
default login anonymous password user@site
thereby giving the user automatic anonymous ftp login to machines not spec-
ified in .netrc. This can be overridden by using the -n flag to disable
auto-login.
login name
Identify a user on the remote machine. If this token is present, the auto-
login process will initiate a login using the specified name.
password string
Supply a password. If this token is present, the auto-login process will
supply the specified string if the remote server requires a password as
part of the login process. Note that if this token is present in the
.netrc file for any user other than anonymous, ftp will abort the auto-
login process if the .netrc is readable by anyone besides the user.
account string
Supply an additional account password. If this token is present, the auto-
login process will supply the specified string if the remote server
requires an additional account password, or the auto-login process will
initiate an ACCT command if it does not.
macdef name
Define a macro. This token functions like the ftp macdef command func-
tions. A macro is defined with the specified name; its contents begin with
the next .netrc line and continue until a null line (consecutive new-line
characters) is encountered. If a macro named init is defined, it is auto-
matically executed as the last step in the auto-login process.
SEE ALSO
ftp(1), ftpd(8)
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