Need help sending a password to ftp

From: joe (joez3_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/02/04 

Date: 2 Mar 2004 07:23:47 -0800

I need to create a perl/expect script that will telnet into a system
then bring up ftp on that system to transfer some files over there. I
can get the telnet session open. I then start up ftp but that looks
like it doesn't take my password. The script fails with:
331 Password required for moose .
Password:
530 Login incorrect.
Login failed.
ftp> cd /tmp
530 Please login with USER and PASS.

This is what my script looks like:
 #!/usr /bin/expect
 # Usage: "hold HOST USER PASS".
 # Action: login to node HOST as USER. Offer a shell prompt for
 # normal usage, and also print to the screen the word HELD
 # every five seconds, to exercise the connection periodically.
 # This is useful for testing and using WANs with short time-outs.
 # You can walk away from the keyboard, and never lose your
 # connection through a time-out.
 # WARNING: the security hazard of passing a password through the
 # command line makes this example only illustrative. Modify to
 # a particular security situation as appropriate.
 set hostname [lindex $argv 0]
 set username [lindex $argv 1]
 set password [lindex $argv 2]
 set server [lindex $argv 3]

      # There's trouble if $username's prompt is not set to "...} ".
      # A more sophisticated manager knows how to look for
different
      # prompts on different hosts.
 set prompt_sequence "} "

 spawn telnet $hostname

 expect "login: "
 send "$username\r"
 expect "Password:"
 send "$password\r"
      # Some hosts don't inquire about TERM. That's another
      # complexification to consider before widespread use
      # of this application is practical.
      # Note use of global ? pattern matching to parse "*"
      # as a wildcard.
 expect -gl "TERM = (*)"
 send "\r"
 expect $prompt_sequence
 send "cd /opt/SUNWsymon/base/bin \r"
 expect $prompt_sequence
 send "ftp $hostname \r"
 expect "Name ($server:$username):"
 send "$username \r"
 expect -gl "331 Password required for*"
 expect -gl "Password:*"
 send "$password \r"
 expect "230 User $username logged in."
 expect "ftp>"
 send "cd /tmp \r"
 interact

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