FTP through a proxy (netrc)

Fri Mar 12 20:24:04 GMT 2004 FTP through a proxy (netrc)

In case you ever run into a situation where you need to ftp through a proxy server and want to use a .netrc file, this worked for me:

machine ftp.xyz.com login tyua166 passwd tyua166dt 
macdef init
user "1801759@foo.bar.com 15181" M2UDGHP
..(commands here)
quit

The "tyua166" and "tyua166dt" is the login to the proxy, not the ftp site. In this case, the proxy required us to go to a specific port (15181) and the password was M2UDGHP.

The quotes around the user name and port number are required because of the port number.

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Wed Oct 7 13:38:17 2009: Subject: .netrc   anonymous


machine ftp.xyz.com login tyua166 passwd tyua166dt
macdef init
user "1801759@foo.bar.com 15181" M2UDGHP
..(commands here)
quit
so your proxy user is 1801759 and your proxy passwd is M2UDGHP
i presume your remote login is tyua166 and your remote passwd is tyua166dt
?

your post is not clear enough.

Thanks



Wed Oct 7 14:06:28 2009: Subject:   TonyLawrence


No, you have it backwards.



Wed Oct 7 20:05:06 2009: Subject: .netrc   EnriqueEscobar


so what is the real answer A) or B) ?
A)
machine ftp.xyz.com login REMOTE_USER passwd REMOTE_PASSWORD
macdef init
user "PROXY_USER@foo.bar.com PROXY_PORT" PROXY_PASSWORD
..(commands here)
quit
or
B)
A)
machine ftp.xyz.com login PROXY_USER passwd PROXY_PASSWORD
macdef init
user "REMOTE_USER@foo.bar.com REMOTE_PORT" REMOTE_PASSWORD
..(commands here)
quit

A) or B)?



Wed Oct 7 20:09:09 2009: Subject:   TonyLawrence


B.

First login is to proxy.

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