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Re: do without .netrc

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Michael J Gruber <michaeljgruber+gmane@fastmail.fm>
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Aug 6, 2008, 09:17 UTC
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Miklos Vajna venit, vidit, dixit 06.08.2008 10:50:
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> On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 01:00:54AM +0200, Jürgen Mangler <juergen.mangler@univie.ac.at> wrote:
>> it is working without a:b@ part, but ~/.netrc instead
>>
>> :-(, is it possible without .netrc
> 
> I thought questions have question marks. ;-)
> 
> Anyway, what is the advantage of not using a ~/.netrc?
Not having the password on disk[?!]
Michael
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  1. Jürgen ManglerAug 5, 2008
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  3. Michael J GruberAug 6, 2008
  4. Miklos VajnaAug 6, 2008
  5. Jürgen ManglerAug 6, 2008
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