Re: [gentoo-user] lftp -u user,pass(word

[hw]

Neil Bothwick schrieb:
> On Wed, 6 Apr 2016 10:14:40 +0200, hw wrote:
>
>> Mick schrieb:
>>> On Tuesday 05 Apr 2016 20:06:08 hw wrote:
>>>> Neil Bothwick schrieb:
>>>>> On Tue, 5 Apr 2016 14:43:25 +0200, hw wrote:
>>>>>> how do you use lftp (to mirror a remote site)
>>>>>> when the password you have contains a bracket?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm trying 'lftp -u user,pass(word ftp.example.com', and
>>>>>> there appears to be no way to escape characters in the
>>>>>> password.  Using single quotes also doesn't work, same
>>>>>> as 'lftp 'ftp://user:pass(word@×××××××.com'.
>>>>>
>>>>> Try lftp 'ftp://user:pass\(word@×××××××.com'
>>>>> or  lftp ftp://user:pass\\\(word@×××××××.com
>>>>>
>>>>> The \ escapes the ( and the single quotes protect it fro the shell.
>>>>> In the second way, you escape the \ as well.
>>>>
>>>> That's what I thought :)  I already tried and it didn't
>>>> work.
>>>
>>> Did you try putting single/double quotes around passwd only?
>>>
>>
>> Yes, that didn't work, either.
>
> I had a quick look at the man page and it says that parentheses can be
> used to group commands, so maybe lftp is misinterpreting the ( in this
> way.
>
> However, the man page also advises against giving the password on the
> command line (because it is then available to anyone with normal user
> shell access while the command is running) and suggests using either

I need to use it with a script for automatic downloads, so the password
wouldn't appear in the history.  Using a ~/.netrc would create a
dependency on the user who runs the script, which is something I would
prefer to avoid.

> ~/.netrc, which you have already said works, or $LFTP_PASSWORD along
> with --env-password. Have you tried this?
>
> LFTP_PASSWORD='pass(word' lftp --env-password -u user ftp://example.com

Thanks, that looks like a good solution.  I'll see if that works ...