Got confused by the interplay of optParameters and opt_ methods. Here is a simplified version of my earlier patch. This patch allows username and password pairs to be defined. e.g. mktap ftp -uamir -wfoo mktap ftp -uamir:glyph -wfoo:bar -A- --- ftp.py 2003-02-26 12:41:27.000000000 -0800 +++ ftp.orig.py 2003-02-26 11:31:15.000000000 -0800 @@ -33,16 +33,14 @@ optParameters = [ ["port", "p", "2121", "set the port number"], ["root", "r", "/usr/local/ftp", "define the root of the ftp-site."], - ["useranonymous", "", "anonymous", "Name of the anonymous user."], - ["username", "u", "twisted","set login username. colon separate for multiple."], - ["password", "w", "twisted","set password. colon separate for multiple."] + ["useranonymous", "", "anonymous", "Name of the anonymous user."] ] optFlags = [["anonymous", "a","allow anonymous logins"], ["thirdparty", "3", "allow third-party connections"], ["otp", "","activate One-Time Passwords"]] longdesc = '' - + def addUser(factory, username, password): factory.userdict[username] = {} @@ -62,15 +60,8 @@ t.otp = config.opts['otp'] t.userdict = {} - if config.opts['username']: - # Adding specified users - unames = config.opts['username'].split(':') - pwords = config.opts['password'].split(':') - for u, p in zip(unames, pwords): - addUser(t, u, p) - else: - # Adding a default user - addUser(t, "twisted", "twisted") + # adding a default user + addUser(t, "twisted", "twisted") try: portno = int(config.opts['port'])