SDSS Authentication

For collaboration members, when downloading proprietary collaboration data products, sdss_access requires authentication using the .netrc file. To set this up, create or edit a file in your home called .netrc and copy the following lines, depending on which SDSS collaboration you are a member of.

SDSS-IV members

machine data.sdss.org
   login <username>
   password <password>

SDSS-V members

machine data.sdss5.org
   login <username>
   password <password>

In the above, replace <username> and <password> with your login credentials. The default SDSS username and password is also acceptable for anonymous access. Finally, run chmod 600 ~/.netrc to make the file only accessible to your user.

Note

The default SDSS username and password is different for SDSS-IV and SDSS-V members.