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Provide an FTP ACCT Account Identifier

Demonstrates the Account property, which supplies the value for the FTP ACCT command sent after USER/PASS when a server requests it.

Background: ACCT is a vestige of early FTP, where an account identifier could be required in addition to the username and password — think mainframe billing codes or storage-group selection. It is very rarely needed today; almost every modern server authenticates with USER and PASS alone. Set this only when connecting to a legacy host that explicitly asks for account information after login.

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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    var ftp = new chilkat.Ftp2();

    ftp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com";
    ftp.Username = "myFtpLogin";

    //  Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
    //  from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
    ftp.Password = "myPassword";

    //  Account supplies the value for the FTP ACCT command, sent after USER/PASS when a server
    //  requests it.  This is very rarely needed today -- almost all modern servers use only USER and
    //  PASS -- but some legacy hosts require an additional account identifier.
    ftp.Account = "myAccountId";

    success = ftp.Connect();
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(ftp.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log("Logged in (ACCT provided if the server requested it).");

    success = ftp.Disconnect();
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(ftp.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }


}

chilkatExample();