.netrc file -syntax error?

I have created a .netrc file as follows:
# Password is pulled from ~/.netrc
# Create ~/.netrc in an editor using one line per server like this:
machine home.vicnet.net.au user shlions password ******
machine ftp.gnome.org user anonymous password ******
# Then run: chmod 600 ~/.netrc

The password is the same in each (needed for shlions; the other is
anonymous.) From recollection, I did this for the benefit of ncftp.
But when I run wget, I get error messages as follows:

wget: /home/doug/.netrc:3: unknown token "user"
wget: /home/doug/.netrc:3: unknown token "shlions"
wget: /home/doug/.netrc:4: unknown token "user"
wget: /home/doug/.netrc:4: unknown token "anonymous"

If the syntax is right, wget should ignore those lines, because it is
connecting to an entirely different host. Where have I gone wrong?

Doug.

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On Mon, 08 Dec 2003, Doug Laidlaw <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I have created a .netrc file as follows:
> # Password is pulled from ~/.netrc
> # Create ~/.netrc in an editor using one line per server like this:
> machine home.vicnet.net.au user shlions password ******
> machine ftp.gnome.org user anonymous password ******
> # Then run: chmod 600 ~/.netrc
>
> The password is the same in each (needed for shlions; the other is
> anonymous.) From recollection, I did this for the benefit of ncftp.
> But when I run wget, I get error messages as follows:
>
> wget: /home/doug/.netrc:3: unknown token "user"
> wget: /home/doug/.netrc:3: unknown token "shlions"
> wget: /home/doug/.netrc:4: unknown token "user"
> wget: /home/doug/.netrc:4: unknown token "anonymous"
>
> If the syntax is right, wget should ignore those lines, because it is
> connecting to an entirely different host. Where have I gone wrong?

Maybe the syntax is not right. Search for .netrc in 'man ftp'. It shows
'login' instead of 'user' (maybe ncftp accepts either).

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David Efflandt wrote:

> On Mon, 08 Dec 2003, Doug Laidlaw <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> I have created a .netrc file as follows:
>> # Password is pulled from ~/.netrc
>> # Create ~/.netrc in an editor using one line per server like this:
>> machine home.vicnet.net.au user shlions password ******
>> machine ftp.gnome.org user anonymous password ******
>> # Then run: chmod 600 ~/.netrc
>>
>> The password is the same in each (needed for shlions; the other is
>> anonymous.) From recollection, I did this for the benefit of ncftp.
>> But when I run wget, I get error messages as follows:
>>
>> wget: /home/doug/.netrc:3: unknown token "user"
>> wget: /home/doug/.netrc:3: unknown token "shlions"
>> wget: /home/doug/.netrc:4: unknown token "user"
>> wget: /home/doug/.netrc:4: unknown token "anonymous"
>>
>> If the syntax is right, wget should ignore those lines, because it is
>> connecting to an entirely different host. Where have I gone wrong?
>
> Maybe the syntax is not right. Search for .netrc in 'man ftp'. It shows
> 'login' instead of 'user' (maybe ncftp accepts either).
>
Thanks David. The word "login" appears only once in man ncftp, as a noun,
not as a command. ncftp has its own bookmarks file. I suspect that the
..netrc file is now irrelevant, but I changed "user" to "login" and that
stopped the messages.

Doug.
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This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.
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