#!/bin/bash
# Example "ex72.sh" modified to use encrypted password.
# Note that this is still rather insecure,
#+ since the decrypted password is sent in the clear.
# Use something like "ssh" if this is a concern.
E_BADARGS=65
if [ -z "$1" ]
then
echo "Usage: `basename $0` filename"
exit $E_BADARGS
fi
Username=bozo # Change to suit.
pword=/home/bozo/secret/password_encrypted.file
# File containing encrypted password.
Filename=`basename $1` # Strips pathname out of file name.
Server="XXX"
Directory="YYY" # Change above to actual server name & directory.
Password=`cruft <$pword` # Decrypt password.
# Uses the author's own "cruft" file encryption package,
#+ based on the classic "onetime pad" algorithm,
#+ and obtainable from:
#+ Primary-site: ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/file
#+ cruft-0.2.tar.gz [16k]
ftp -n $Server <<End-Of-Session
user $Username $Password
binary
bell
cd $Directory
put $Filename
bye
End-Of-Session
# -n option to "ftp" disables auto-logon.
# Note that "bell" rings 'bell' after each file transfer.
exit 0
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