1Net::Netrc(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Net::Netrc(3)
2
6 Net::Netrc - OO interface to users netrc file
7
9 use Net::Netrc;
10 $mach = Net::Netrc->lookup('some.machine');
12 $login = $mach->login;
13 ($login, $password, $account) = $mach->lpa;
14
16 "Net::Netrc" is a class implementing a simple interface to the .netrc
17 file used as by the ftp program.
18 "Net::Netrc" also implements security checks just like the ftp program,
20 these checks are, first that the .netrc file must be owned by the user
21 and second the ownership permissions should be such that only the owner
22 has read and write access. If these conditions are not met then a
23 warning is output and the .netrc file is not read.
24 The .netrc File
26 The .netrc file contains login and initialization information used by
27 the auto-login process. It resides in the user's home directory. The
28 following tokens are recognized; they may be separated by spaces, tabs,
29 or new-lines:
30 machine name
32 Identify a remote machine name. The auto-login process searches the
33 .netrc file for a machine token that matches the remote machine
34 specified. Once a match is made, the subsequent .netrc tokens are
35 processed, stopping when the end of file is reached or an- other
36 machine or a default token is encountered.
37 default
39 This is the same as machine name except that default matches any
40 name. There can be only one default token, and it must be after
41 all machine tokens. This is normally used as:
42 default login anonymous password user@site
44 thereby giving the user automatic anonymous login to machines not
46 specified in .netrc.
47 login name
49 Identify a user on the remote machine. If this token is present,
50 the auto-login process will initiate a login using the specified
51 name.
52 password string
54 Supply a password. If this token is present, the auto-login
55 process will supply the specified string if the remote server
56 requires a password as part of the login process.
57 account string
59 Supply an additional account password. If this token is present,
60 the auto-login process will supply the specified string if the
61 remote server requires an additional account password.
62 macdef name
64 Define a macro. "Net::Netrc" only parses this field to be
65 compatible with ftp.
66 Class Methods
68 The constructor for a "Net::Netrc" object is not called new as it does
69 not really create a new object. But instead is called "lookup" as this
70 is essentially what it does.
71 "lookup($machine[, $login])"
73 Lookup and return a reference to the entry for $machine. If $login
74 is given then the entry returned will have the given login. If
75 $login is not given then the first entry in the .netrc file for
76 $machine will be returned.
77 If a matching entry cannot be found, and a default entry exists,
79 then a reference to the default entry is returned.
80 If there is no matching entry found and there is no default
82 defined, or no .netrc file is found, then "undef" is returned.
83 Object Methods
85 "login()"
86 Return the login id for the netrc entry
87 "password()"
89 Return the password for the netrc entry
90 "account()"
92 Return the account information for the netrc entry
93 "lpa()"
95 Return a list of login, password and account information for the
96 netrc entry
97
99 None.
100
102 See <https://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Status=Active&Queue=libnet>.
103
105 Net::Cmd.
106
108 Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com <mailto:gbarr@pobox.com>>.
109 Steve Hay <shay@cpan.org <mailto:shay@cpan.org>> is now maintaining
111 libnet as of version 1.22_02.
112
114 Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Graham Barr. All rights reserved.
115 Copyright (C) 2013-2014, 2020 Steve Hay. All rights reserved.
117
119 This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
120 under the same terms as Perl itself, i.e. under the terms of either the
121 GNU General Public License or the Artistic License, as specified in the
122 LICENCE file.
123
125 Version 3.14
126
128 23 Dec 2020
129
131 See the Changes file.
132perl v5.36.0 2022-07-22 Net::Netrc(3)