Regarding netrc: we use it to keep the user name and password out of the
calling job. We secure it to only allow the BAtch-only user id to only
be able to eXecute it, but since we use a file equation to point to the
file (which resides in a different group than the user's home group), we
don't call the actual file netrc. While it is not clear from the
documentation that this is legal, it does work.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Hofmeister [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 1998 11:00 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: [HP3000-L] Automatic ftp ???
>
> Hello Jung-Hui Cheng,
>
> I found the following documentation on FTP's .NETRC file...
        <snip>
> 1. The file resides in NETRC.<home-group>.  File equations are
> allowed,
>    so if you were logged as JOE.SCHMOE and wanted to use a NETRC file
>    residing elsewhere on the system, you could issue the file
> equation:
>    file NETRC.<JOE's home group>=NETRC.<other-group>.<other-account>
        <snip>
> Note: unencrypted password stored in a file like this constitute a
>       security risk.  If this is a problem, try the following command:
>          :altsec netrc.<home-group>.<account>;access=(r,w,a,l,x:cr)
>       If this is still a problem, don't use a NETRC file!  It is
>       provided for usability, but its use is by no means required.