def authenticate_through_netrc(path=None):
    """
    Return the tuple user / password given a path for the .netrc file.

    Raises CredentialsError if no valid netrc file is found.
    """
    errors = []
    netrc_machine = 'coursera-dl'
    paths = [path] if path else get_config_paths("netrc")
    for path in paths:
        try:
            logging.debug('Trying netrc file %s', path)
            auths = netrc.netrc(path).authenticators(netrc_machine)
        except (IOError, netrc.NetrcParseError) as e:
            errors.append(e)
        else:
            if auths is None:
                errors.append('Didn\'t find any credentials for ' +
                              netrc_machine)
            else:
                return auths[0], auths[2]

    error_messages = '\n'.join(str(e) for e in errors)
    raise CredentialsError(
        'Did not find valid netrc file:\n' + error_messages +
        '\nPlease run this command: chmod og-rw ~/.netrc')