Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!ais.org!tony From: tony@ais.org (Tony Poole) Subject: Re: AB20???????????? Message-ID: Date: Sun, 02 Jun 91 05:55:37 GMT Organization: UMCC Message-ID: References: <819@ra.MsState.Edu> jy1@ra.MsState.Edu (Yo Man) writes: >I have seen so many hackers mention about ab20.larc.nasa.gov. I telnet to it >and it asked for user id and password which I dont have. From the articles >posted in USENET, it seems anybody can login to it. So I got a problem here, >right? Please help. Do I really need a password or is there any other way >to login to it? AB20 is not a telnet site, it's an FTP site (well, actually it is a telnet site, but not an open one) Do you know how to FTP, or do you know if you CAN? I would imagine if you can telnet, you can FTP. Type "ftp ab20.larc.nasa.gov". This will connect you to ab20. At the login prompt type "anonymous". At the password prompt type your actual name@host (ie mine being tony@irie.ais.org). You will then be able to view and transfer the files on ab20. Type "help" for a list of commands, and "help " for individual command breakdown. A couple of basics: To recieve a file you type "recv ". To get a directory listing, the command is the same as Amiga "dir", as is the same for the change directory command "cd". Before you "recv" a file however, you must type "type image" to set the remote computer to binary mode, for file transfer. Please remember this - attempt to confine your ftp times to non business hours at the *remote* site, remembering that a lot of remote site times are not the same as your local times. This will insure that we will continue to have the *priviledge* of ftp'ing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Poole Traverse City, MI USA EMail:tony@irie.ais.org ____________________________________________________________________________