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netrc throws NetrcParseError for record without 'password' #72966

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MarkWood mannequin opened this issue Nov 23, 2016 · 1 comment
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netrc throws NetrcParseError for record without 'password' #72966

MarkWood mannequin opened this issue Nov 23, 2016 · 1 comment
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MarkWood mannequin commented Nov 23, 2016

BPO 28780
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    MarkWood mannequin commented Nov 23, 2016

    netrc.netrc() throws a NetrcParseError if ~/.netrc contains an entry witout a 'password' field. Other users of .netrc do not do this. In my case, I have entries for sftp hosts which will use public-key authentication instead of a password.

    What I would suggest is that if any or all of 'login', 'account', and 'password' are omitted, simply accept that and store a 0-length string.

    Someone on StackOverflow says he has rewritten netrc to fix various problems but doesn't know how to contribute it. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28754547/python-netrc-error-on-file-with-comment

    @MarkWood MarkWood mannequin added stdlib Python modules in the Lib dir type-bug An unexpected behavior, bug, or error labels Nov 23, 2016
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