diff -Nru autospec-1.4.4.orig/lib/librepository.lib.in autospec-1.4.4/lib/librepository.lib.in
--- autospec-1.4.4.orig/lib/librepository.lib.in	2008-12-08 19:35:19.000000000 +0100
+++ autospec-1.4.4/lib/librepository.lib.in	2008-12-31 05:19:14.000000000 +0100
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@
    local ARGS
    ARGS=`LANG=C getopt \
       -o n:r:p:u: \
-      --long urlnum:,urllist:,proxy:,proxy-user: \
+      --long urlnum:,urllist:,proxy:,proxy-user:,user:,urllistrw: \
       -n "$FUNCNAME" -- "$@"`
    [ $? = 0 ] || notify.error $"(bug)"" -- $FUNCNAME: "$"\`getopt' error"
 
-   local i urlnum urllist proxy proxy_user
+   local i urlnum urllist proxy proxy_user user urllistrw
 
    eval set -- "$ARGS"
    while :; do
@@ -111,6 +111,16 @@
          proxy_user="$2"; shift
          notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: proxy_user = \"$proxy_user\""
       ;;
+      -l|--user)
+         user="$2"; shift
+         notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: user = \"$proxy_user\""
+      ;;
+      -w|--urllistrw)
+         urllistrw=($2); shift
+         for i in `seq 1 1 ${#urllistrw[*]}`; do
+            notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: urllistrw[$(($i-1))] = ${urllistrw[$i-1]}"
+         done
+      ;;
       --) shift; break ;;
       *) notify.error $"\
 (bug)"" -- $FUNCNAME: "$"\`getopt' error: bad command \`$1'" ;;
@@ -135,10 +145,14 @@
    # FIXME: 'curl_opts_netlink' is an external variable
    local curlopts="\
 -L --silent --list-only $curl_opts_netlink\
+${user:+ --user $user} \
 ${proxy:+ --proxy $proxy}${proxy_user:+ --proxy-user $proxy_user}"
 
    local flist currflist currurl
    local errors=0
+   
+   [ "${user}" ] && urllist=(${urllistrw[*]})
+
    let "i = 0"
    for currurl in ${urllist[*]}; do
       # get the list of files from the repository
@@ -160,6 +174,8 @@
       #notify.debug "curl $curlopts --url $currurl/"
       curl $curlopts --url $currurl/ -o $currflist
       let "retval = $?"
+
+      notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: curl $curlopts --url $currurl/ -o $currflist"
       notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: curl return code: $retval"
 
       case "$retval" in
@@ -223,6 +239,7 @@
 #    -c,--target-cpu : set the build architecture
 #    -p,--proxy      : proxy server
 #    -u,--proxy-user : proxy user
+#    -l,--user       : login user
 # return value:
 #    0 on success, >0 otherwise
 # example of output:
@@ -233,13 +250,13 @@
 function repository.get_RPMS_name() {
    ARGS=`LANG=C getopt \
       -o a:x:c:p:u: \
-      --long archlist:,exclude:,target-cpu:,proxy:,proxy-user: \
+      --long archlist:,exclude:,target-cpu:,proxy:,proxy-user:,user: \
       -n "$FUNCNAME" -- "$@"`
    [ $? = 0 ] || notify.error $"(bug)"" -- $FUNCNAME: "$"\`getopt' error"
 
    eval set -- "$ARGS"
 
-   local archlist excludeopt proxy proxy_user target_cpu
+   local archlist excludeopt proxy proxy_user user target_cpu
    while :; do
       case $1 in
       -a|--archlist)
@@ -262,6 +279,10 @@
          proxy_user="$2"; shift
          notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: proxy_user = \"$proxy_user\""
       ;;
+      -l|--user)
+         user="$2"; shift
+         notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: user = \"$proxy_user\""
+      ;;
       --) shift; break ;;
       *) notify.error $"\
 (bug)"" -- $FUNCNAME: "$"\`getopt' error" ;;
@@ -309,6 +330,7 @@
    # FIXME: 'curl_opts_netlink' is an external variable
    local curlopts="\
 -L --silent --list-only $curl_opts_netlink -o $flist\
+${user:+ --user $user} \
 ${proxy:+ --proxy $proxy}${proxy_user:+ --proxy-user $proxy_user}"
 
    got_RPM_FILENAME=
diff -Nru autospec-1.4.4.orig/plugins/pck-update.in autospec-1.4.4/plugins/pck-update.in
--- autospec-1.4.4.orig/plugins/pck-update.in	2008-12-18 20:49:37.000000000 +0100
+++ autospec-1.4.4/plugins/pck-update.in	2008-12-31 05:20:28.000000000 +0100
@@ -1053,16 +1053,53 @@
       notify.error $"can't create temporary files"
    notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: infofile = $infofile"
 
+   local upload_ftp_server
+   local upload_ftp_rpms_dir
+   local upload_ftp_srpms_dir
+   local upload_ftp_port
+   local upload_ftp_user
+   local upload_ftp_passwd
+
+   # select the server where the new packages will be uploaded
+   upload_ftp_server=${ftp_rw_server[$ftp_server_upload_num]}
+   notify.debug "upload_ftp_server = \"$upload_ftp_server\""
+   [ "$upload_ftp_server" ] || notify.error "\
+\`ftp_rw_server[$ftp_server_upload_num]': "$"unset in the configuration files"
+
+   # get the folder where the new rpm packages will be uploaded
+   upload_ftp_rpms_dir=${ftp_rw_rpms_dir[$ftp_server_upload_num]}
+   notify.debug "upload_ftp_rpms_dir = \"$upload_ftp_rpms_dir\""
+   [ "$upload_ftp_rpms_dir" ] || notify.error "\
+\`ftp_rw_rpms_dir[$ftp_server_upload_num]': "$"unset in the configuration files"
+
+   # get the folder where the new srpm package will be uploaded
+   upload_ftp_srpms_dir=${ftp_rw_srpms_dir[$ftp_server_upload_num]}
+   notify.debug "upload_ftp_srpms_dir = \"$upload_ftp_srpms_dir\""
+   [ "$upload_ftp_srpms_dir" ] || notify.error "\
+\`ftp_rw_srpms_dir[$ftp_server_upload_num]': "$"unset in the configuration files"
+
+   upload_ftp_port=${ftp_rw_port[$ftp_server_upload_num]}
+   [ "$ftp_rw_user_forced" ] &&
+      upload_ftp_user="$ftp_rw_user_forced" ||
+      upload_ftp_user="${ftp_rw_user[$ftp_server_upload_num]}"
+   [ "$ftp_rw_passwd_forced" ] &&
+      upload_ftp_passwd="$ftp_rw_passwd_forced" ||
+      upload_ftp_passwd="${ftp_rw_passwd[$ftp_server_upload_num]}"
+
    for step in ${steps[*]}; do
       case $step in
       0) notify.note "[${NOTE}step $step${NORM}] -- ${NOTE}"$"\
 check for available versions in the repositories""${NORM}"
 
          local srpm_pck_found=0
+
          if [ "$ftp_server_download_num" ]; then
             repository.get_SRPMS_name \
                --urllist "${ftpurl_ro_srpms[$ftp_server_download_num]}" \
                --urlnum "$ftp_server_download_num" \
+               --user "$upload_ftp_user:$upload_ftp_passwd" \
+               --urllistrw "$upload_ftp_server${upload_ftp_port:+:upload_ftp_port}/\
+$upload_ftp_srpms_dir/" \
                --proxy "$proxy" \
                --proxy-user "$proxy_user" \
                "$pck_name"
@@ -1079,9 +1116,13 @@
             fi
          else
             for i in `seq 1 1 ${#ftp_rw_server[*]}`; do
+
                repository.get_SRPMS_name \
                   --urllist "${ftpurl_ro_srpms[$(($i-1))]}" \
                   --urlnum "$(($i-1))" \
+                  ${upload_ftp_user:+ --user "$upload_ftp_user:$upload_ftp_passwd"} \
+                  --urllistrw "$upload_ftp_server${upload_ftp_port:+:upload_ftp_port}/\
+$upload_ftp_srpms_dir/" \
                   --proxy "$proxy" \
                   --proxy-user "$proxy_user" \
                   "$pck_name"
@@ -1113,6 +1154,9 @@
          repository.get_SRPMS_name \
             --urllist "${ftpurl_ro_srpms[$ftp_server_download_num]}" \
             --urlnum "$ftp_server_download_num" \
+            ${upload_ftp_user:+ --user "$upload_ftp_user:$upload_ftp_passwd"} \
+            --urllistrw "$upload_ftp_server${upload_ftp_port:+:upload_ftp_port}/\
+$upload_ftp_srpms_dir/" \
             --proxy "$proxy" \
             --proxy-user "$proxy_user" \
             "$pck_name"
@@ -1141,12 +1185,14 @@
               cd $srpms_dir
 
               curl $curl_options \
+                 ${upload_ftp_user:+ --user $upload_ftp_user:$upload_ftp_passwd} \
                  ${proxy:+ --proxy $proxy}${proxyuser:+ --proxy-user $proxy_user} \
                  $got_SPEC_FILENAME_URL/$got_SPEC_FILENAME
               [[ $? -eq 0 ]] &&
                  notify.note $"got from"" \`$got_SPEC_FILENAME_URL'" ||
                  notify.debug "\
 curl $curl_options\
+${upload_ftp_user:+ --user $upload_ftp_user:$upload_ftp_passwd} \
 ${proxy:+ --proxy $proxy}${proxyuser:+ --proxy-user $proxy_user} \
 $got_SPEC_FILENAME_URL/$got_SPEC_FILENAME: [${CRIT}FAILED${NORM}]" )
 
@@ -2552,6 +2598,9 @@
          repository.get_SRPMS_name \
             --urllist "${ftpurl_ro_srpms[$ftp_server_upload_num]}" \
             --urlnum "$ftp_server_upload_num" \
+            ${upload_ftp_user:+ --user "$upload_ftp_user:$upload_ftp_passwd"} \
+            --urllistrw "$upload_ftp_server${upload_ftp_port:+:upload_ftp_port}/\
+$upload_ftp_srpms_dir/" \
             --proxy "$proxy" \
             --proxy-user "$proxy_user" \
             "$pck_name" ${SPEC_OBSOLETES[@]}
@@ -2662,38 +2711,6 @@
          [ "${ftp_rw_passive_mode[$ftp_server_upload_num]}" = "on" ] &&
             ftp_opts="$ftp_opts --ftp-pasv"
 
-         local upload_ftp_server
-         local upload_ftp_rpms_dir
-         local upload_ftp_srpms_dir
-         local upload_ftp_port
-         local upload_ftp_user
-         local upload_ftp_passwd
-
-         # select the server where the new packages will be uploaded
-         upload_ftp_server=${ftp_rw_server[$ftp_server_upload_num]}
-         notify.debug "upload_ftp_server = \"$upload_ftp_server\""
-         [ "$upload_ftp_server" ] || notify.error "\
-\`ftp_rw_server[$ftp_server_upload_num]': "$"unset in the configuration files"
-
-         # get the folder where the new rpm packages will be uploaded
-         upload_ftp_rpms_dir=${ftp_rw_rpms_dir[$ftp_server_upload_num]}
-         notify.debug "upload_ftp_rpms_dir = \"$upload_ftp_rpms_dir\""
-         [ "$upload_ftp_rpms_dir" ] || notify.error "\
-\`ftp_rw_rpms_dir[$ftp_server_upload_num]': "$"unset in the configuration files"
-
-         # get the folder where the new srpm package will be uploaded
-         upload_ftp_srpms_dir=${ftp_rw_srpms_dir[$ftp_server_upload_num]}
-         notify.debug "upload_ftp_srpms_dir = \"$upload_ftp_srpms_dir\""
-         [ "$upload_ftp_srpms_dir" ] || notify.error "\
-\`ftp_rw_srpms_dir[$ftp_server_upload_num]': "$"unset in the configuration files"
-
-         upload_ftp_port=${ftp_rw_port[$ftp_server_upload_num]}
-         [ "$ftp_rw_user_forced" ] &&
-            upload_ftp_user="$ftp_rw_user_forced" ||
-            upload_ftp_user="${ftp_rw_user[$ftp_server_upload_num]}"
-         [ "$ftp_rw_passwd_forced" ] &&
-            upload_ftp_passwd="$ftp_rw_passwd_forced" ||
-            upload_ftp_passwd="${ftp_rw_passwd[$ftp_server_upload_num]}"
 
          notify.note "\
 ${NOTE}"$"upload the new packages to the ftp repository"" \