NETCOPY: A secure method of moving files over DECnet



		Date:		19  April 1985
		Author:		Andrew W. Potter
				Rochester Institute of Technology
				One Lomb Memorial Drive
				Rochester, New York 14632

		Copyright 1987 by Rochester Institute of Technology
		Permission is granted to freely modify and distribute 
               (but NOT SELL) this software provided this copyright
               notice is included in all versions distributed.
	

NETCOPY is a network copy  utility  that  allows  users  to  perform DEC-
net file access without having to include the password in the network
access string.  NETCOPY is designed to use a syntax similar to  COPY.
DECnet nodes are specified by one of the following forms:

		NODE::		  { access string is built from the local     }
				  { (current) username and prompted password. }

		NODE"username"::  { Access string is built from supplied  }
                                  { username and prompted password.       }


	NETCOPY will prompt for the required  passwords in  the  format shown
	below:

		NODE:: Password: 

	Where NODE:: will be the nodename of the system that you are
        attempting to copy to.

	A Recent modification to netcopy forces downcasing the username
	when defaulted from sys$getjpi so that NETCOPY will properly
	function with ULTRIX-32 systems.

	The password  will  not be  shown on   the screen to  ensure  account
	security. (NOECHO input mode)

	Example:

	        $ NETCOPY VAXB"abc1234"::filename filename
		VAXB:: Password:   { user enters password for account }
				   { abc1234 on node VAXB::           }

		$ NETCOPY VAXB::filename filename
		VAXB:: Password: 

		(In this case the username on node VAXBwill be the same as
		the user on the local system (translated to lowercase))