d83_sven_a@tekno.chalmers.se (Sven (Sciz) Axelsson) (07/14/89)
I'm sorry to post such a silly question, but I really want to know HOW TO USE FTP FROM A VMS MACHINE. I do "ftp (some number)" and then "login" at the "FTP> " prompt. Then the system asks for user_name and user_acct (or something similar), and no matter what combinations of "ftp" and "anonymous" or whatever I type the result is always "Access denied" or a similar message. What am I doing wrong?? +-------------------------+--------------------------------+------------------+ | Sven Axelsson | d83_sven_a@tekno.chalmers.se | DISCLAIMER: | | dep:t of Linguistics | (^^ best ^^) | | | univ. of Gothenburg | dlv_sa@hum.gu.se | This is not | | SWEDEN | usdsa@seguc21.bitnet | a disclaimer. | +-------------------------+--------------------------------+------------------+
lipa@polya.Stanford.EDU (William J. Lipa) (07/17/89)
In article <851@tekno.chalmers.se> d83_sven_a@tekno.chalmers.se (Sven (Sciz) Axelsson) writes: >I do "ftp (some number)" and then "login" at the "FTP> " prompt. Then >the system asks for user_name and user_acct (or something similar), and >no matter what combinations of "ftp" and "anonymous" or whatever I type >the result is always "Access denied" or a similar message. What am I >doing wrong?? I don't know if you are trying to FTP to sumex, but other people have had the same problem so I thought I'd post one possible solution. Sumex requires that the account "anonymous" be in lower case letters. Your FTP software may be converting the "anonymous" you type into ANONYMOUS, which is an unknown account at sumex. Try enclosing 'anonymous' in quotes, as here. Bill Lipa Info-Mac
jsc@ukfca1 (John Cundall) (07/17/89)
In article 24366, d83_sven_a@tekno.chalmers.se (Sven (Sciz) Axelsson) asks >HOW TO USE FTP FROM A VMS MACHINE. >I do "ftp (some number)" and then "login" at the "FTP> " prompt. Then >the system asks for user_name and user_acct (or something similar), and >no matter what combinations of "ftp" and "anonymous" or whatever I type >the result is always "Access denied" or a similar message. What am I >doing wrong?? To stop ftp trying to auto-login, use the following : $ ftp -n <node> Yep, that really is a "-", not a "/" as is usual for VMS qualifers. Hope this helps, John. ps we run Wollongong FTP v3.2 here -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Cundall, | email : Schlumberger Technologies, | cundall_j%ukfca1@sj.ate.slb.com Ferndown Industrial Estate, | Wimborne, | phone : Dorset, | +44-202-893535 England. | -------------------------------------------------------------------