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author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 2001-12-28 20:54:28 (GMT) |
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committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 2001-12-28 20:54:28 (GMT) |
commit | c33e077838c8fee729c726f59c441555847b07e6 (patch) | |
tree | 7ad1855e814fcaa9e7f0a0130680de9f574a5dc4 /Doc | |
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SF patch #497420 (Eduardo PĂ©rez): ftplib: ftp anonymous password
Instead of sending the real user and host, use "anonymous@" (i.e. no
host name at all!) as the default anonymous FTP password. This avoids
privacy violations.
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc')
-rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libftplib.tex | 7 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libftplib.tex b/Doc/lib/libftplib.tex index 0d0d700..d4851ab 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libftplib.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libftplib.tex @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Here's a sample session using the \module{ftplib} module: \begin{verbatim} >>> from ftplib import FTP >>> ftp = FTP('ftp.cwi.nl') # connect to host, default port ->>> ftp.login() # user anonymous, passwd user@hostname +>>> ftp.login() # user anonymous, passwd anonymous@ >>> ftp.retrlines('LIST') # list directory contents total 24418 drwxrwsr-x 5 ftp-usr pdmaint 1536 Mar 20 09:48 . @@ -121,10 +121,7 @@ Log in as the given \var{user}. The \var{passwd} and \var{acct} parameters are optional and default to the empty string. If no \var{user} is specified, it defaults to \code{'anonymous'}. If \var{user} is \code{'anonymous'}, the default \var{passwd} is -\samp{\var{realuser}@\var{host}} where \var{realuser} is the real user -name (glanced from the \envvar{LOGNAME} or \envvar{USER} environment -variable) and \var{host} is the hostname as returned by -\function{socket.gethostname()}. This function should be called only +\code{'anonymous@'}. This function should be called only once for each instance, after a connection has been established; it should not be called at all if a host and user were given when the instance was created. Most FTP commands are only allowed after the |