obscure bug in ftp (osf/1 v2.0 and v3.0)

From: Macintyre L P <lpz_at_nautique.epm.ornl.gov>
Date: 20 Jan 1995 20:57:53 GMT

Here's a new and obscure bug. I found it while porting skey to osf/1 v2.0,
but it exists on v3.0 as well.

If you use a .netrc file with ftp, it truncates your password to 16
characters. This doesn't happen if you don't have the .netrc file.

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                                 Lawrence
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lpz_at_nautique.epm.ornl.gov                                    Lawrence MacIntyre 
lpz_at_ornl.gov             Oak Ridge National Laboratory          615.574.8696

Received on Tue Jan 24 1995 - 10:49:43 NZDT