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Date:      Tue, 23 May 2000 15:32:42 +0900
From:      Hajimu UMEMOTO (=?iso-2022-jp?B?GyRCR19LXBsoQiAbJEJIJRsoQg==?=) <ume@FreeBSD.org>
To:        jkb@ethereal.net
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libfetch ftp.c
Message-ID:  <200005230632.e4N6Whx21112@plum.ssr.bisd.hitachi.co.jp>
In-Reply-To: <20000522220628.E39617@ethereal.net>
References:  <200005221301.GAA53159@freefall.freebsd.org> <20000522220628.E39617@ethereal.net>

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>>>>> On Mon, 22 May 2000 22:06:28 -0700
>>>>> jkb@ethereal.net (Jan Koum) said:

jkb> btw, putting passwords and passphrases into an environment variable has
jkb> always been bad, since anyone can read it with 'ps -auxww'

jkb> not a big deal i guess as long as you know what you are doing...

FTP_PASSWORD is intended to use for anonymous ftp.  That is, e-mail
address or equivalent.
This behavior is just corresponding to existing fetch(1). 
Before my commit, libfetch use `ftp' for anonymous ftp password, and
some sites reject this.  For example, ftp.Mew.org don't like this, and
I cannot get magicpoint archive.

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