From: John Jolet (john.jolet@FXFN.COM)
Date: Fri Jan 30 2004 - 09:21:29 EST
i think it's exceedingly dangerous to make a .netrc for root. actually, root
will ignore the .netrc.
On Friday 30 January 2004 07:51 am, you wrote:
> to All,
>
> I am trying to set up some automatic FTP'ing and am using the .netrc file.
> I have it working fine as a standard user but my hopes are to eventually
> schedule it to run via cron.
>
> Since it will be running as root I am wondering where the .netrc file
> should be located so that it can run via root through a cron'ed process.
>
> Any pointers or suggestions for automatic FTP'ing via cron as root would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks guys,
>
> Mark
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