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From: prem@geomag.fsu.edu (Prem Subramanyan)
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Subject: Re: QRT archive site (geomag) question...
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Date: 13 Jul 89 18:26:36 GMT
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In article <15424@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> talvola@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Erik Talvola) writes:
>
>  A while ago, someone posted a message saying that there was an archive
>at geomag.gly.fsu.edu which contained QRT images and Sun Rasterfiles.
>I wrote down the machine name, and was going to try it later.  However, I
>just noticed that anonymous ftp doesn't work, and it seems to want user
>'guest' with some password.  I can't find the original article, so could
>someone please mail me with instructions on how to FTP to this site?
>Many thanks in advance.
>
>
>---------------------------+
>Erik Talvola               | "It's just what we need... a colossal negative 
>talvola@cory.berkeley.edu  | space wedgie of great power coming right at us
>..!ucbvax!cory!talvola    | at warp speed." -- Star Drek

  Well, our ftp site does still exist...however we are having some system
  problems, so I disabled the anonymous ftp until the system is stable.  I'm
  presently reloading all of the system files, so be patient.  The i.p.
  address is 128.186.10.2 geomag.gly.fsu.edu.  I estimate uptime for our
  system at this weekend (Friday or Saturday).  At this time, it should
  include all the qrt data files used for my pictures, all the pictures
  I've done so far, plus ones pulled off the net, and the source code to
  qrt (I can get all the code immediately, except for qrtpost, which I
  will have to upload from home.)  

  I disabled the anonymous ftp for 2 reasons, 1) if there is a hole in
  the ftp program (we had a number of bad blocks on our last dump), then
  the security features might be disabled and hackers could mangle our
  system worse. 2) while I reload the system, many of the daemons running
  die when their executable is written over by the reload.  Thus, if I
  was reloading ftp-related things while an anon. ftp'er was connected,
  then they would be disconnected, possibly in the middle of a load or
  something.

  Try again Friday or Saturday and it should be up.
  --- Prem S. (system adm. for geomag.gly.fsu.edu).