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Authored by: robg on Apr 21, '03 11:20:40AM

When I use "ftp someserver," it seems to default to "anon" and "email@host" as the username/pass. On my server, where anon is disabled, I can't connect without using a .netrc or specifying it on the command line (which I never do). So i just use a graphical client instead ;-)

-rob.



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Authored by: Eravau on Apr 21, '03 11:55:57AM
Well, you could just type: ftp

You'll then be in the ftp application and get the ftp> prompt. At the prompt, type: open -u username server.domain.com

It'll then log on under your username and request your password.

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Authored by: Eravau on Apr 21, '03 11:56:57AM
Well, you could just type: ftp

You'll then be in the ftp application and get the ftp> prompt. At the prompt, type: open -u username server.domain.com

It'll then log on under your username and request your password.

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Authored by: Lizard_King on Apr 21, '03 12:08:11PM

another idea to try out would be to simply run ftp from the command line without any specific parameters. Once you see the "ftp>" prompt, you can connect to machines via the command: "open someserver.com"



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Hmm - use 'ftp someuser@yourdomain.com'
Authored by: Krioni on Apr 22, '03 12:36:14AM
If you want to login as a specific user just do this:

ftp someuser@somedomain.com

You'll be asked for someuser's password, rather than trying to login as your local account name. No need to specifiy the user and password - user by itself is fine. It will ask for what you leave out.

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