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Date:      Fri, 31 Aug 2018 12:46:27 -0600
From:      Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>
To:        Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@puchar.net>, Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: how to use ftp(1) in batch mode
Message-ID:  <1535741187.33841.80.camel@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1808312036420.46147@puchar.net>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.20.1808301449001.26234@puchar.net> <5B87F083.6080804@grosbein.net> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1808311551550.4910@puchar.net> <99dde87e-1ddf-e1bc-a1a1-081718100f51@grosbein.net> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1808312036420.46147@puchar.net>

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On Fri, 2018-08-31 at 20:37 +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > thank you. it works. actually even without netrc
> > > 
> > > (echo command1;echo command2)|ftp ftp://user:password@server/
> > You better not develop a habit typing passwords in command line or
> > URLs, this is quite insecure.
> > 
> > 
> why it is less secure as long as it is my account with 
> security.bsd.see_other_uids=0 set on server or even my own computer.
> 

My advice: Just ignore them. A certain type of person simply cannot
resist lecturing about security, even when they know absolutely nothing
about your application or context.

-- Ian



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