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From: frain@cis.ksu.edu (Jerry Frain)
Subject: Re: ftp.apple.com
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rcook@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Robert Cook) writes:

>Just to let everyone know, ftp.apple.com is up, but the permission bits are
>still set so we can't get to the images. 
>This is as of 10:45 pm CDT.

A half hour later, and it is down again.  Mark Johnson posted a
message to comp.sys.mac.programmer (which I've attached to this
article, in case there is someone reading this who hasn't yet seen
it) explaining the problems with ftp.apple.com, and asked that
we don't try to ftp there 'til he posts another message giving
the ok.

I suspect that ftp.apple.com will be up and down for a little while,
the system files probably won't be made readable until ftp.apple.com
becomes stable (to prevent interruption of hundreds of ftp'ers).

We may as well relax until Mark gives the word that it is stable.

Regards,

  --Jerry Frain, frain@cis.ksu.edu

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Well, ftp.apple.com has had System 7.0 on it since 3 a.m. this morning, BUT
the demand on the machine continues to bring it down before I can get back
onto it to open up the privileges.  To try to resolve this problem, we
are going to do a software and possible hardware upgrade later tonight or
early tomorrow morning.

SO, ftp.apple.com is going to be down for at least 12 hours and System 7.0
will NOT be on apple.com.  I apologize for the delays, but we tried and will
continue until we get it up and running.

When it is back online and ready to go, I'll post it here and on csm.announce,
so PLEASE do not try to access it or pull anything down until you see amessage from me...
Thanks for your coninnued patience...we appreciate it.

--
Mark B. Johnson                                            AppleLink: mjohnson
Developer Technceal Support                         domain: mjohnson@Apple.com
Apple Computer, Inc.         UUCP:  {amdahl,decwrl,sun,unisoft}!apple!mjohnson