Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:9198 comp.misc:3397 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!oberon!sm.unisys.com!csun!polyslo!steve From: steve@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Steve DeJarnett) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.misc Subject: Re: "anon ftp" -- just how does this work, anyway? Keywords: anon, ftp, how? Message-ID: <3920@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> Date: 13 Sep 88 21:29:46 GMT References: <317@flatline.UUCP> <329@uncle.UUCP> Reply-To: steve@polyslo.UUCP (Steve DeJarnett) Distribution: na Organization: Lab Rat Rumpus Room -- Cal Poly SLO Lines: 114 In article <329@uncle.UUCP> jbm@uncle.UUCP (John B. Milton) writes: >In article <317@flatline.UUCP> erict@flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend) writes: >>Ok, I've *finally* got an Inet/ARPA address, with all the goodies >>that come along with it. >lucky shit > >> I've been trying to "anonymous ftp" files, >>and I'm beginning to believe it's just a big joke on us Unix types. :-) > >login: ftp >password: ftp > >that easy >-- >John Bly Milton IV, jbm@uncle.UUCP, n8emr!uncle!jbm@osu-cis.cis.ohio-state.edu >home: (614) 294-4823, work: (614) 459-7641; CP/M to MP/M, MS-DOS to OS/2 ----- News saved at 13 Sep 88 21:29:17 GMT In article <329@uncle.UUCP> jbm@uncle.UUCP (John B. Milton) writes: >In article <317@flatline.UUCP> erict@flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend) writes: >>Ok, I've *finally* got an Inet/ARPA address, with all the goodies >>that come along with it. I've been trying to "anonymous ftp" files, >>and I'm beginning to believe it's just a big joke on us Unix types. :-) > >login: ftp >password: ftp Uh, how about this: % ftp ftp prep.ai.mit.edu (or ftp 128.52.32.14) (It will come up with some sort of connected message and a login-type prompt indicating where you are ftp-ing to and your current login name) Name (prep.ai.mit.edu:steve): anonymous 331 Guest login ok, send ident as password password: 231 Guest login ok. Access restrictions apply ftp> That's all there is to it. The only problem you may come across is a site that doesn't allow anonymous ftp, in which case it will send you some kind of error message saying that the username wasn't found (or some such thing like that). > >that easy Almost. >John Bly Milton IV, jbm@uncle.UUCP, n8emr!uncle!jbm@osu-cis.cis.ohio-state.edu >home: (614) 294-4823, work: (614) 459-7641; CP/M to MP/M, MS-DOS to OS/2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Steve DeJarnett | Smart Mailers -> steve@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU | | Computer Systems Lab | Dumb Mailers -> ..!ucbvax!voder!polyslo!steve | | Cal Poly State Univ. |------------------------------------------------| | San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 | BITNET = Because Idiots Type NETwork | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.unix.questions,comp.misc Subject: Re: "anon ftp" -- just how does this work, anyway? Summary: Expires: References: <317@flatline.UUCP> <329@uncle.UUCP> Sender: Reply-To: steve@polyslo.UUCP (Steve DeJarnett) Followup-To: Distribution: na Organization: Lab Rat Rumpus Room -- Cal Poly SLO Keywords: anon, ftp, how? In article <329@uncle.UUCP> jbm@uncle.UUCP (John B. Milton) writes: >In article <317@flatline.UUCP> erict@flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend) writes: >>Ok, I've *finally* got an Inet/ARPA address, with all the goodies >>that come along with it. I've been trying to "anonymous ftp" files, >>and I'm beginning to believe it's just a big joke on us Unix types. :-) > >login: ftp >password: ftp Uh, how about this: % ftp ftp prep.ai.mit.edu (or ftp 128.52.32.14) (It will come up with some sort of connected message and a login-type prompt indicating where you are ftp-ing to and your current login name) Name (prep.ai.mit.edu:steve): anonymous 331 Guest login ok, send ident as password password: 231 Guest login ok. Access restrictions apply ftp> That's all there is to it. The only problem you may come across is a site that doesn't allow anonymous ftp, in which case it will send you some kind of error message saying that the username wasn't found (or some such thing like that). > >that easy Almost. >John Bly Milton IV, jbm@uncle.UUCP, n8emr!uncle!jbm@osu-cis.cis.ohio-state.edu >home: (614) 294-4823, work: (614) 459-7641; CP/M to MP/M, MS-DOS to OS/2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Steve DeJarnett | Smart Mailers -> steve@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU | | Computer Systems Lab | Dumb Mailers -> ..!ucbvax!voder!polyslo!steve | | Cal Poly State Univ. |------------------------------------------------| | San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 | BITNET = Because Idiots Type NETwork | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------