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Why not just apply some simple trouble shooting. Eliminate the password issue (if possible):
  • change the password for that user to something that doesn't have \'s or $'s in it long enough to test your script.
  • or try another user that does not have special charaters in the password.

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    Re: Re: Re: ...That's how perlmonks works [Re: Re: Re: trouble while ftping through Perl Script]
    by shilpam (Sexton) on Apr 30, 2004 at 05:40 UTC
      :-( The problem is - I cannot change the password...and there is only one userid that I can use to connect to this server.
      There is one thing I noticed....
      From the command prompt, if I try to login through Method1, it allows me to login whereas if I try to login through Method2, it gives me the same error message - Login incorrect.
      Any idea why this happens?
      Method 1 (WORKING) 
      ftp -n
open ftp.servername.com
user username P\$a\$ss\$ 
>> 230 User username logged in.  Access restrictions apply.

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      Method 2 (NOT WORKING) 
      ftp -n 
open ftp.servername.com 
user username 
>> 331 Password required for username 
I enter the same password i.e. P\$a\$ss\$ 
I get the error message 
>> 530 Login incorrect. 
Login failed.

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        Hmmm ... it is probably just a typo in your post but I noticed that in your Perl script you used ... 
        my $password = 'pa\ss\wor$d$';

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        ... and in your last post you use the password ... 
        user username P\$a\$ss\$

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        Are you very sure you are using the correct password? Maybe you should look into using sftp with PKI so you won't have to use passwords.

        Plankton: 1% Evil, 99% Hot Gas.
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          It was indeed a typo mistake.
          I have checked that the password I am using is the correct one.
          Do you have any idea about the question I had asked earlier about the problem connecting to the ftp server through Method1 but it does not allow me to login using Method2?
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