Help: Auto login FTP modules

[Amy Lee]

Hello,

Is there any FTP auto-login function in Perl modules?

Thanks.

Regards,

Amy Lee

 

[Ron Bergin]

Hello,

Is there any FTP auto-login function in Perl modules?

Thanks.

Regards,

Amy Lee

I assume you mean that you're wanting to avoid including your username/
password in the script. That is accomplished by using ssh keys.
You'll want to look at Net::SFTP or Net::SSH2::SFTP or Net::SCP

http://search.cpan.org/~dbrobins/Net-SFTP-0.10/lib/Net/SFTP.pm
http://search.cpan.org/~dbrobins/Net-SSH2-0.18/lib/Net/SSH2/SFTP.pm
http://search.cpan.org/~ivan/Net-SCP-0.08/SCP.pm

 

[Amy Lee]

The above solution requires that you have an SFTP or SCP server installed,
if you need FTP try Net:FTP

http://search.cpan.org/~gbarr/libnet-1.22/Net/FTP.pm

Thank you~

 

[Josef Moellers]

I assume you mean that you're wanting to avoid including your username/
password in the script. That is accomplished by using ssh keys.
You'll want to look at Net::SFTP or Net::SSH2::SFTP or Net::SCP

http://search.cpan.org/~dbrobins/Net-SFTP-0.10/lib/Net/SFTP.pm
http://search.cpan.org/~dbrobins/Net-SSH2-0.18/lib/Net/SSH2/SFTP.pm
http://search.cpan.org/~ivan/Net-SCP-0.08/SCP.pm

Another possibility would be to have some private configuration file
that contains user name and password and is only readable for the user,
e.g. like "mutt" does it. This does not, however, protect against root
access or people stealing your hard disk.
For sensitive information, I use a memory stick that I plug in only if
needed. Be aware that it may still leave traces, e.g. on the swap device.