Hi all,

there are a lot threads discussing ftp-scripting. For us here, it works fine so far. What I dislike is, that I have to put my password somewhere on the system, for ftp-login.

Is there an easy way to use an encrypted password ?

I was wondering - couldn't you have your admins create an ftp login(only ftp can use it) and then use that login/password? Or you can look at using trusted logins between the servers - at least way back when I did some playing in UNIX that is how we did it. I believe this let me remote copy, ftp and remote login in on the server with out a password. Been a long time since I looked at this.

Dear spartacus,

please be aware, that with ftp the password is transfered as clear ascii over the network. Maybe better to use ssh.

Regards,

Kozure

Hi Kozure,

thanks for the advice. I think at the moment "normal" ftp should be OK, because we are talking about an "intranet". I'm also not free to choose the protokoll. But maybe it is a good idea for future.
At the moment I find it more anoying, that everybody with access to the servers, can see the passwords.

Kind regards
Richard

..... and hey.... greetings to Tokyo... I love this internet

Hi Mark,

no there is no special login for ftp. Hope I understand you write. As I already wrote to Kozure, it's not that critcal, because we are on seomkind of "intranet" (I hope). At the moment everybody is satiesfied with the solution we have. I just thougt... perhaps there ist an easy way to entcrypt.....

Anywas I keep your proposal in mind!!


cu

In the meantime can't you just give them execute access and not read permissions? I know it will not stop a root user, but at least everybody else can only execute the ftp.

Hi Mark,

good idea. But before I have check if a job, only with execute permissions, can run the script.
I think I never tried to run a script with only execute permissions. Most the times read permissions are included ;-)