Re: Need to put backslash into a username in an FTP script

From: Alan Connor (zzzzzz_at_xxx.yyy)
Date: 04/28/05 

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 18:30:13 GMT

On comp.unix.shell, in
<1114707665.828981.193950@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"billadams1@gmail.com" wrote:

Okay. Since no one else has come up with a solution here,
I'll just rattle off some thoughts on the subject.

> I'm FTPing a file in a script to a Microsoft server which is
> requiring me to use the domain-name with a backslash then the
> username. For example:
>

> ftp -i -n <<- EOF
> open servername
> user domain\username password
> mput filename
> close
> quit
> EOF
>

> The Unix side doesn't like the backslash. It says "User
> domainusername cannot login", so I used another backslash as an
> indicator:
>
> user domain\\username password
>
> No dice. So I tried single quotes:
>
>
> user 'domain\username' password

I'd quote the entire right side.

>
> Nada! Please help.
>
>
> Thanks, -ba
>

If you are getting past the unix side with the quotes,
maybe it's the usual M$ requirement for CRLF line
terminations that's the problem.

You might try adding the CRs with ^V^M in vi.

Or use a more sophisticated and modern ftp client, like
ncftp, which is excellent and comes with utilities to
facilitate the use of scripts. It's free.

http://www.ncftp.com

HTH,

AC 

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