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From: jsc@ukfca1 (John Cundall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: ftp from a VMS system - how??
Message-ID: <407@aniseed.UUCP>
Date: 17 Jul 89 14:00:09 GMT
References: ftp,vms
Reply-To: jsc@ukfca1.UUCP ()
Organization: Schlumberger Technologies, Ferndown, Dorset, England
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In article 24366, d83_sven_a@tekno.chalmers.se (Sven (Sciz) Axelsson) asks
>HOW TO USE FTP FROM A VMS MACHINE.
>I do "ftp (some number)" and then "login" at the "FTP> " prompt. Then
>the system asks for user_name and user_acct (or something similar), and
>no matter what combinations of "ftp" and "anonymous" or whatever I type
>the result is always "Access denied" or a similar message. What am I
>doing wrong??

To stop ftp trying to auto-login, use the following :

$ ftp -n <node>

Yep, that really is a "-", not a "/" as is usual for VMS qualifers.

Hope this helps,

John.

ps we run Wollongong FTP v3.2 here

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