Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!CITHEX.CALTECH.EDU!carl From: carl@CITHEX.CALTECH.EDU.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.computers.vax Subject: Re: Excelan TCP/IP Message-ID: <870120221405.0a5@CitHex.Caltech.Edu> Date: Wed, 21-Jan-87 01:14:21 EST Article-I.D.: CitHex.870120221405.0a5 Posted: Wed Jan 21 01:14:21 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 21-Jan-87 18:54:05 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 8 Approved: info-vax@sri-kl.arpa Thanks for letting those of us who were having the same problem but hadn't got around to figuring out the reason for it know about the auto-prompt "feature" on the unix machines. By the way, if you happen to have an ftp that won't let you disable the auto-prompt, you can also get around the problem by letting your login fail the first time then issuing the commands QUOTE USER username QUOTE PASS password