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@@ -695,6 +695,9 @@ Then simply run `make`. You can also run `make yt-dlp` instead to compile only t out, yt-dlp will ask interactively -2, --twofactor TWOFACTOR Two-factor authentication code -n, --netrc Use .netrc authentication data + --netrc-location PATH Location of .netrc authentication data; + either the path or its containing + directory. Defaults to ~/.netrc --video-password PASSWORD Video password (vimeo, youku) --ap-mso MSO Adobe Pass multiple-system operator (TV provider) identifier, use --ap-list-mso for @@ -923,14 +926,14 @@ You can use `--ignore-config` if you want to disable all configuration files for ### Authentication with `.netrc` file -You may also want to configure automatic credentials storage for extractors that support authentication (by providing login and password with `--username` and `--password`) in order not to pass credentials as command line arguments on every yt-dlp execution and prevent tracking plain text passwords in the shell command history. You can achieve this using a [`.netrc` file](https://stackoverflow.com/tags/.netrc/info) on a per extractor basis. For that you will need to create a `.netrc` file in your `$HOME` and restrict permissions to read/write by only you: +You may also want to configure automatic credentials storage for extractors that support authentication (by providing login and password with `--username` and `--password`) in order not to pass credentials as command line arguments on every yt-dlp execution and prevent tracking plain text passwords in the shell command history. You can achieve this using a [`.netrc` file](https://stackoverflow.com/tags/.netrc/info) on a per extractor basis. For that you will need to create a `.netrc` file in `--netrc-location` and restrict permissions to read/write by only you: ``` touch $HOME/.netrc chmod a-rwx,u+rw $HOME/.netrc ``` After that you can add credentials for an extractor in the following format, where *extractor* is the name of the extractor in lowercase: ``` -machine <extractor> login <login> password <password> +machine <extractor> login <username> password <password> ``` For example: ``` @@ -939,10 +942,7 @@ machine twitch login my_twitch_account_name password my_twitch_password ``` To activate authentication with the `.netrc` file you should pass `--netrc` to yt-dlp or place it in the [configuration file](#configuration). -On Windows you may also need to setup the `%HOME%` environment variable manually. For example: -``` -set HOME=%USERPROFILE% -``` +The default location of the .netrc file is `$HOME` (`~`) in UNIX. On Windows, it is `%HOME%` if present, `%USERPROFILE%` (generally `C:\Users\<user name>`) or `%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%` # OUTPUT TEMPLATE |