Rust

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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let ftp = chilkat::Ftp2::new();

ftp.set_hostname("ftp.example.com");
ftp.set_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.set_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.set_account("myAccountId");

if ftp.connect().is_err() {
    println!("{}", ftp.last_error_text());
    return;
}

println!("Logged in (ACCT provided if the server requested it).");

if ftp.disconnect().is_err() {
    println!("{}", ftp.last_error_text());
    return;
}