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SF patch #497420 (Eduardo Pérez): ftplib: ftp anonymous password

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Instead of sending the real user and host, use "anonymous@" (i.e. no
host name at all!) as the default anonymous FTP password.  This avoids
privacy violations.
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Guido van Rossum 2001-12-28 20:54:28 +00:00
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@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Here's a sample session using the \module{ftplib} module:
\begin{verbatim}
>>> from ftplib import FTP
>>> ftp = FTP('ftp.cwi.nl') # connect to host, default port
>>> ftp.login() # user anonymous, passwd user@hostname
>>> ftp.login() # user anonymous, passwd anonymous@
>>> ftp.retrlines('LIST') # list directory contents
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drwxrwsr-x 5 ftp-usr pdmaint 1536 Mar 20 09:48 .
@ -121,10 +121,7 @@ Log in as the given \var{user}. The \var{passwd} and \var{acct}
parameters are optional and default to the empty string. If no
\var{user} is specified, it defaults to \code{'anonymous'}. If
\var{user} is \code{'anonymous'}, the default \var{passwd} is
\samp{\var{realuser}@\var{host}} where \var{realuser} is the real user
name (glanced from the \envvar{LOGNAME} or \envvar{USER} environment
variable) and \var{host} is the hostname as returned by
\function{socket.gethostname()}. This function should be called only
\code{'anonymous@'}. This function should be called only
once for each instance, after a connection has been established; it
should not be called at all if a host and user were given when the
instance was created. Most FTP commands are only allowed after the