ftp -n requires password

[Peter Ehlin <pelin@voxi.se>]

Hi

I'm trying to write a simple script that does ftp from a host
to another.

cat <<EOF | ftp host

bin
get fil.tar.gz
EOF

But that didn't work. It seems like it doesn't read the username from stdin.
So I tried this instead

cat <<EOF | ftp -n host
user foo
bin
get fil.tar.gz
EOF

But it seems like -n requires a password even though I have a valid ticket.
Is that a bug in ftp? Or is it for compatibility reasons?

I guess I will have to learn (what to :-) expect.
/Peter