A more explicit ftp username/password prompt?

[John Dong]

On 3/8/06, Aaron Bentley <aaron.bentley at utoronto.ca> wrote:
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> John Dong wrote:
> | The username/password entry for FTP push is pretty crude. Both usernames
> | and passwords are allowed to contain @ signs and :'s, but Bazaar won't
> | accept them.
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> I think it should.  URL-escaping should do the job.


URL escaping does not work. The username comes across with %40's and whatnot
embedded in it, according to the FTP log.

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> | Solutions would probably involve implementing either interactive
> | user/pass prompting or a "--user" and a "--password" switch.
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> Given the ability to put them in the URL, I don't think --user or
> - --password are strictly necessary. Though it should also prompt for
> passwords.


Prompting would be a good fallback on all remote transport protocols (namely
http, https, ftp) when a login is rejected.

Aaron
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