MirBSD manpage: Net::Netrc(3p)


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NAME

     Net::Netrc - OO interface to users netrc file

SYNOPSIS

         use Net::Netrc;

         $mach = Net::Netrc->lookup('some.machine');
         $login = $mach->login;
         ($login, $password, $account) = $mach->lpa;

DESCRIPTION

     "Net::Netrc" is a class implementing a simple interface to
     the .netrc file used as by the ftp program.

     "Net::Netrc" also implements security checks just like the
     ftp program, these checks are, first that the .netrc file
     must be owned by the user and second the ownership permis-
     sions should be such that only the owner has read and write
     access. If these conditions are not met then a warning is
     output and the .netrc file is not read.

THE .netrc FILE
     The .netrc file contains login and initialization informa-
     tion used by the auto-login process.  It resides in the
     user's home directory.  The following tokens are recognized;
     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.  Once a match is
         made, the subsequent .netrc tokens are processed, stop-
         ping when the end of file is reached or an- other
         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 nor-
         mally used as:

             default login anonymous password user@site

         thereby giving the user automatic anonymous login to
         machines not specified in .netrc.

     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

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         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.

     account string
         Supply an additional account password.  If this token is
         present, the auto-login process will supply the speci-
         fied string if the remote server requires an additional
         account password.

     macdef name
         Define a macro. "Net::Netrc" only parses this field to
         be compatible with ftp.

CONSTRUCTOR

     The constructor for a "Net::Netrc" object is not called new
     as it does not really create a new object. But instead is
     called "lookup" as this is essentially what it does.

     lookup ( MACHINE [, LOGIN ])
         Lookup and return a reference to the entry for
         "MACHINE". If "LOGIN" is given then the entry returned
         will have the given login. If "LOGIN" is not given then
         the first entry in the .netrc file for "MACHINE" will be
         returned.

         If a matching entry cannot be found, and a default entry
         exists, then a reference to the default entry is
         returned.

         If there is no matching entry found and there is no
         default defined, or no .netrc file is found, then
         "undef" is returned.

METHODS

     login ()
         Return the login id for the netrc entry

     password ()
         Return the password for the netrc entry

     account ()
         Return the account information for the netrc entry

     lpa ()
         Return a list of login, password and account information
         fir the netrc entry

AUTHOR

     Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>

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SEE ALSO

     Net::Netrc Net::Cmd

COPYRIGHT

     Copyright (c) 1995-1998 Graham Barr. All rights reserved.
     This program is free software; you can redistribute it
     and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

     $Id: //depot/libnet/Net/Netrc.pm#13 $

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