Problems using Net::FTP

[Stephen]

I had been wondering how to solve an FTP problem and came up with this Perl module as a possible solution. But I can't seem to log in to FQ using it.

When I try this:

$ftp = Net::FTP->new($ftp_host);
$success = $ftp->login($username,$password,$account);

with $ftp_host = www.mydomain.com or ftp.mydomain.com and $account = 'xdomain' it returns false with an error message of 'login incorrect' (from $ftp->message). Likewise, leaving off $account it fails. I haven't used this module before, so if someone could tell me what foolish thing I'm doing I'd appreciate it.

Thanks.

[Rich]

Have you tried $ftp_host='mydomain.com' ?

Just a thought.
Rich


[This message has been edited by Rich (edited 06-24-99)]

[Justin]

Are you trying to ftp into the same site that you are runnng this script from? If so, a much easier way to access the files would be to write a file manager type program... unless you are just using your ftp to test the program

Otherwise, I'm not familiar with the module yet - I'm just starting to learn the LWP::Simple module myself...

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Justin Nelson
FutureQuest Support

[Stephen]

What a dunce I am!

This kind of thing has tripped me up before. Because I was so paranoid about leaving my password in a file I went to a lot of trouble to encrypt it and just leave that sitting around. Then I decrypt it (with a subroutine external to the file) at run time. That works fine. Trouble is, I got so side-tracked with all the encryption stuff that I actually forgot to use it!! I still had the unencrypted password sitting in the login call. (yeah, whack me in the head, I deserve it this time).

OK. So false alarm. Actually I'm looking forward to learning this Net::FTP stuff. I've been doing a bit of Socket programming lately and this "pretend to be a browser" or "pretend to be an FTP client" stuff is not only fun, it's mighty powerful. Lots of potential applications await the internet entrepeneur... and I intend to be one of them!