[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Lib nntplib.py,1.30,1.31

[Eric S. Raymond]

Just van Rossum <just@letterror.com>:
> Just van Rossum wrote:
> 
> > esr@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
> > 
> > > +         # If no login/password was specified, try to get them from
> ~/.netrc
> > > +         # Presume that if .netc has an entry, NNRP authentication is
> > required.
> > > +         if not user:
> > > +             import netrc
> > > +             credentials = netrc.netrc()
> > > +             auth = credentials.authenticators(host)
> > > +             if auth:
> > > +                 user = auth[0]
> > > +                 password = auth[2]
> > > +         # Perform NNRP authentication if needed.
> > 
> > Erm, doesn't this make anonymous nntp access fail if there's no $HOME or no
> > ..netrc file in $HOME?
> 
> Ok, since I didn't get a reply (I posted the above to python-checkins), I tried
> it, and yes it does break:
> 
>   [python:~] just% python2.3
>   Python 2.3a0 (#2, Nov 17 2002, 18:16:38) 
>   [GCC 3.1 20020420 (prerelease)] on darwin
>   Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>   >>> from nntplib import NNTP
>   >>> s = NNTP('news')
>   Traceback (most recent call last):
>     File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>     File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/nntplib.py", line 140, in __init__
>       credentials = netrc.netrc()
>     File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/netrc.py", line 29, in __init__
>       fp = open(file)
>   IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/Users/just/.netrc'
>   >>> 

Sorry about the lack of reply.  I'll put an appropriate guard around the
.netrc code.
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		<a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>