mike@turing.UNM.EDU (Michael I. Bushnell) (06/09/88)
Subject: Ftp handles hostnames in the .netrc differently from rexec.
Index: ucb/ftp/ftp.c 4.3BSD
Description & Repeat-By:
Write a program which uses rexec. Notice that hostnames are
canonicalized before being passed to ruserpass to be looked up in the
.netrc file. Create a .netrc. Ftp does not canonicalize hosts before
looking them up.
Fix:
Have ftp.c canonicalize the host name (if possible) before
sending the name to ruserpass. Install the following patch to ftp.c:
*** /tmp/,RCSt1020320 Wed Jun 8 15:39:34 1988
--- /tmp/,RCSt2020320 Wed Jun 8 15:39:36 1988
***************
*** 149,158 ****
{
char tmp[80];
char *user, *pass, *acct, *getlogin(), *mygetpass();
int n, aflag = 0;
user = pass = acct = 0;
! if (ruserpass(host, &user, &pass, &acct) < 0) {
disconnect();
code = -1;
return(0);
--- 149,160 ----
{
char tmp[80];
char *user, *pass, *acct, *getlogin(), *mygetpass();
+ struct hostent *hp;
int n, aflag = 0;
+ hp = gethostbyname(host);
user = pass = acct = 0;
! if (ruserpass(hp ? hp->h_name : host, &user, &pass, &acct) < 0) {
disconnect();
code = -1;
return(0);
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N u m q u a m G l o r i a D e o
Michael I. Bushnell
HASA - "A" division
mike@turing.unm.edu
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