From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alex Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: ftp from Emacs Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 04:25:35 GMT Organization: home Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <3zum9.1234$XX3.811790@newssrv26.news.prodigy.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1033534550 11004 127.0.0.1 (2 Oct 2002 04:55:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 04:55:50 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17wbY4-0002rM-00 for ; Wed, 02 Oct 2002 06:55:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17wbYK-0003cY-00; Wed, 02 Oct 2002 00:56:04 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!nntp.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssrv26.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: comp.emacs.xemacs,gnu.emacs.help Original-Followup-To: comp.emacs.xemacs Original-Lines: 49 User-Agent: KNode/0.6.1 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.22.192.231 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net Original-X-Trace: newssrv26.news.prodigy.com 1033532735 ST000 68.22.192.231 (Tue, 01 Oct 2002 23:25:35 CDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 23:25:35 CDT X-UserInfo1: F[O[S\KE]B@CG_I]OJHNO_PAAB]@PAPDLXUNNHPHBATBTSUBYFWEAE[YJLYPIWKHTFCMZKVMB^[Z^DOBRVVMOSPFHNSYXVDIE@X\BUC@GTSX@DL^GKFFHQCCE\G[JJBMYDYIJCZM@AY]GNGPJD]YNNW\GSX^GSCKHA[]@CCB\[@LATPD\L@J\\PF]VR[QPJN Original-Xref: nntp.stanford.edu comp.emacs.xemacs:68168 gnu.emacs.help:105622 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:2168 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:2168 Hi ken I actually have this line in .netrc: machine servername.com login myloginwith@sign password mypassword but Emacs just picks default username which I run it under telling me that .netrc "is not owned by you or badly protected".I swear I gave it full access (777) and it owned by user which runs Emacs. When I change ange-ftp-default-user to my login name like: (custom-declare-variable 'ange-ftp-default-user '"myusernamewith@sign" '(...... it actually picks it up and asks for a password, connects and then errors with ange-ftp-error: FTP Error: USER request failed: 500 AUTH not understood. Here is ftp buffer log: ftp> open myserver.com Connected to myserver.com. 220 ProFTPD FTP Server ready. user "myname@myserver.com" Turtle Power! 500 AUTH not understood. 500 AUTH not understood. KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type ftp> 331 Password required for myname@myserver.com. 230 User myname@myserver.com logged in. ftp> Any help would be greatly appreciated! ken wrote: > > You are giving the username on the remote machine, the one with the file > on it, right? > > Also, I've found it handy to use a ~/.netrc file-- emacs will/should > know about it and use it. More info at "man netrc". >