Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!yale!cmcl2!uupsi!sunic!news.funet.fi!funic!santra!nntp!aku From: aku@vipunen.hut.fi (Jaakko Siuko) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm Subject: Re: Telnet INTO a Mac ? Message-ID: Date: 25 Mar 91 21:47:35 GMT References: <1991Mar14.011826.18836@marlin.jcu.edu.au> <18365@milton.u.washington.edu> <1991Mar14.060604.19964@PacBell.COM> <1991Mar15.141509.1224@watserv1.waterloo.edu> <1991Mar15.200621.15994@bwdls61.bnr.ca> Sender: news@santra.uucp (Cnews - USENET news system) Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland Lines: 19 In-Reply-To: bschmidt@bnr.ca's message of 15 Mar 91 20:06:21 GMT In article <1991Mar15.200621.15994@bwdls61.bnr.ca> bschmidt@bnr.ca (Ben Schmidt (BNR)) writes: > Richard, in your particular case, you can take advantage of the fact > that the files which you want to make network accessible via ftp, are > on a separate volume: While you can certainly "cd .." to a parent > directory on your Mac *within* the current volume, you can't "cd" to a > separate volume on your Mac, through NCSA Telnet's FTP server, without > first knowing the name of the volume to which you want to switch. You can switch volumes without knowing the names in NCSA Telnet! Just "cd /" in your the Mac you are connected by ftp, and you will be at the "desktop" or root of your Mac. Doing a "dir" at this level will show you the names of different volumes. > Ben Schmidt Information Technology, Bell-Northern Research > bschmidt@bnr.ca FAX:(613) 763-3283 /* My opinions, not BNR's */ -- Jaakko Siuko Helsinki University of Technology Jaakko_Siuko@hut.fi