[X4U] OK to keep passwords in Keychain?

[Doug McNutt]

At 22:05 -0600 12/3/05, net kat wrote:
>Hmmm..I get the feeling yer pullin my leg!

Sometimes I think Steve is pulling my leg with all the fol-de-rol associated with the keychain.

Another option is an old UNIX trick that puts passwords and usernames in a filed .netrc (Note the leading dot) in your home directory. Make the file readable and editable by yourself only (mode 600).

Now the -n option in ftp and curl will pick off required passwords from there.

Yeah. It's not as secure as the keychain but for a machine that's not directly on the internet or in a local network with unknown, to you, users. it's good enough and one hell of a lot simpler.

Google for netrc or check the man page for ftp for more on the format.

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