Should make use of existing .netrc when connecting to ftp server

Bug #963042 reported by Jani Uusitalo
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
nautilus (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

Steps to reproduce:
1. Set up a ~/.netrc with credentials for a given server
2. Verify that automatic login with those credentials works when using command-line ftp
3. In a Nautilus window, select Connect to Server, enter given server and choose FTP (with login) as type

What happens:
Nautilus prompts for login credentials (User name, Password) with nothing in the fields pre-filled.

What I expect to happen:
For the fields to be automatically filled with the credentials I've already specified in ~/.netrc.

Additional info:
Nautilus apparently has its own way of storing credentials (i.e. different from ~/.netrc). When it has credentials of its own for a server, those should obviously come first. But when it doesn't, it should utilize ~/.netrc if possible.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.3.92-0ubuntu2
Uname: Linux 3.3.0-030300rc4-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: 09ae689090491ca53449589269e4bfd8
CheckboxSystem: edda5d4f616ca792bf437989cb597002
Date: Fri Mar 23 14:30:37 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-11-21 (123 days ago)

Revision history for this message
Jani Uusitalo (uusijani) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the issue should be reported upstream if it still exists

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Closing for Ubuntu, that's not a a feature we are going to work downstream

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: New → Won't Fix
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