hello everyone

I have been trying to get an auto ftp shell script to work and for the life of me it won't work. I have googled a million differeent thinks and found many different scripts but none of the suggestions seem to work. The problem seems to be the Kerberos V4 that is installed on the version of Red Hat that i am using. I must add that the ftp does work manually it does give me the Kerberos error but i am able to input my user/pass information. The script i have is as follows:

i currently have i have two files

ftpstartup contains :

#!/bin/sh

Today="`date +%m%d`"
mkdir $Today
cp * $Today
ftp < autoftp

auto ftp contains :

open ftp url

user
pass
cd www
cd portfolio
binary
mput *.jpg
bye

Here is what i start to get for the output :

[root@wimax-host-a Backup]# bash ftpstartup
mkdir: cannot create directory `0525': File exists
cp: omitting directory `0525'
Please login with USER and PASS.
Please login with USER and PASS.
KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type
Password:Name (ftp.coe.neu.edu:root):
Login incorrect.
Login failed.
?Invalid command
?Invalid command
Please login with USER and PASS.
Please login with USER and PASS.
Please login with USER and PASS.

For some reason it seems to prompt for the password but ask for the username in that password. Some websites said to alter /etc/xinetd.d/gssftp and take out a -a but that did not work for me. Does anyone know my problem?

any help would be greatly appreciated!!

i solved the problem i tried a script i thought i had tried and it was successful

if anyone knows how i can use auto ftp to synchronize two folders that help would be greatly appreciated. I have it so that it connects to a folder now how do I sync that with a folder on my machine.

so i can get it to automate sending and receiving between my machine and the remote server now how do I get it to sync the two?

I am trying to ftp file from a Linux box to a NT Box and experiencing the very same problem. If both are Linux/Unix servers, i can use automate sftp process.

can you share that scripts?

thank you!

Hi, I have just read your post and it seems that you have tried some other script that it worked for you. Can I ask where you get it?!

Also, I have read up on setting a cron job as I need my ftp to be done on a regular basis. Any clues on how i can get the cron to execute the auto ftp script?

I am a newbie in linux/unix script programming. Please help. Really appreciate any form of clues.


Thanks in advance

atantc

Why don't you use rsync for that? It will remotely synchronize the data between the server and your local machine.

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Prasanta

rsync is indeed a better option for synchronization. It may be run through a ssh tunnel for security, if I'm not mistaken. wget can also be used to download any updates from the remote machine. When run on both sides, this too may synchronize the machines, but it may be a little tricky to set up.

As for the login issue, you may add the login credentials to your .netrc file (in your $HOME).
For some ftp clients, this automatically completes the login. See "man ftp" for details.
"expect", or more advanced scripting can also be used to catch the login questions.

Alternatively, you can also use command line utilities like ncftpput (for upload) and ncftpget or wget (for download). ncftp, ncftpget, ncftpput & wget all have options to supply the user credentials.

I totally agree with Timmeke. You can just use your ssh keys for getting the authentication done.

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Prasanta