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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 permissions 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):

  machine host
      Where host is the name of a remote host.	This entry 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.

  default
      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 follows:
	   default login anonymous password user@site

      The preceding command line gives the user automatic anonymous ftp login
      to machines not specified in .netrc.  This can be overriden by using
      the -n flag to disable autologin.

  login user
      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.

  password password
      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.

  account 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 missing, the
      autologin process prompts for the account password.

  macdef macro
      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 following 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
  $HOME/.netrc
      Contains automatic login information.

SEE ALSO
  Commands: ftp(1)

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