How do I log onto anonymous ftp ?

[David selby]

Hello

I have logged onto ftps before, but never an anonymous one. I need to
log into [url]ftp://archive.progeny.com/[/url]
I can view the files with mozilla, no passwords needed. I will be using
wget, but initially I want to loggon with ncftp, which I have used before.

I have tried

web@debian:~$ ncftp -u anonymous [url]ftp://www.progeny.com[/url]
NcFTP 3.1.3 (Mar 27, 2002) by Mike Gleason (ncftp@ncftp.com).
Could not connect to 216.37.46.132 -- try again later: Connection timed
out.
Could not connect to 216.37.46.132 -- try again later: Connection timed
out.
Could not connect to 216.37.46.132 -- try again later: Connection timed
out.
Could not connect to 216.37.46.132 -- try again later: Connection timed
out.
Redialing (try
4)...
web@debian:~$

I don't think the error is "real" I can loggin mozilla no probs. Is my
"anonymous" user ID correct ? do I need a password ?

Dave


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[David Z Maze]

David selby <debian@pusspaws.net> writes:

> I have logged onto ftps before, but never an anonymous one. I need to
> log into [url]ftp://archive.progeny.com/[/url]

> I don't think the error is "real" I can loggin mozilla no probs. Is my
> "anonymous" user ID correct ? do I need a password ?

I don't use ncftp. Canonically, though, you can use anonymous FTP
with a username of 'anonymous' (or sometimes 'ftp') and your e-mail
address (really, any string) as a password. I'd expect that ncftp's
defaults would do this (using user@hostname as a password) in the
absence of an explicit username.

> web@debian:~$ ncftp -u anonymous [url]ftp://www.progeny.com[/url]
> NcFTP 3.1.3 (Mar 27, 2002) by Mike Gleason (ncftp@ncftp.com).
> Could not connect to 216.37.46.132 -- try again later: Connection
> timed out. Could not connect to 216.37.46.132 -- try again
> later: Connection timed out. Could not connect to
> 216.37.46.132 -- try again later: Connection timed out.
> Could not connect to 216.37.46.132 -- try again later: Connection
> timed out. Redialing (try 4)...
> web@debian:~$

To me, that looks like a legitimate problem with the connection, but
it's more likely that Progeny is running their FTP and Web servers on
separate machines, and you should have typed "archive.progeny.com" on
the command line.

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[Andreas Janssen]

Hello

David selby (<debian@pusspaws.net>) wrote:

> I have logged onto ftps before, but never an anonymous one. I need to
> log into [url]ftp://archive.progeny.com/[/url]
> I can view the files with mozilla, no passwords needed. I will be
> using wget, but initially I want to loggon with ncftp, which I have
> used before.
>
> I have tried
>
> web@debian:~$ ncftp -u anonymous [url]ftp://www.progeny.com[/url]

You say you want to connect to archive.progeny.com, so why do you try to
connect to [url]www.progeny.com[/url] instead?

Many servers allow anonymous logins and ask you to enter your email
address as your password, archive.progeny.com however asks for your
name.

best regards
Andreas Janssen

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[David selby]

Many thanks everyone, now logged in

Dave


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