can anyone tell me why that we can visit some FTP sites using our browsers with no problems, but if we want to visit the same FTP site using command prompt it requests a username and password... with thanks for any help
Freedominizer wrote: > can anyone tell me why that we can visit some FTP sites using our browsers > with no problems, but if we want to visit the same FTP site using command > prompt it requests a username and password... Have you stored passwords in the browser? Are these passwords for the FTP site itself or for your proxy? -- bill William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/> Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/> YouTalk <http://nine.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/youtalk>
No I havent stored any passwords, I think the username and password needed for the site. does the proxy require a password? If you try any ftp site it would request a username/password through CMD prompt where you can browse it freely through any kind of internet browser. I can provide some examples.... with thanks "William Smith" wrote: > Freedominizer wrote: > > > can anyone tell me why that we can visit some FTP sites using our browsers > > with no problems, but if we want to visit the same FTP site using command > > prompt it requests a username and password... > > Have you stored passwords in the browser? > > Are these passwords for the FTP site itself or for your proxy? > > -- > > bill > > William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows > Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/> > Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/> > YouTalk <http://nine.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/youtalk> >
In article , Freedominizer wrote: > can anyone tell me why that we can visit some FTP sites using our browsers > with no problems, but if we want to visit the same FTP site using command > prompt it requests a username and password... Before there were web browsers like NCSA Mosaic, FTP was the best way to "surf the net"! A popular Macintosh FTP program was Fetch from Dartmouth College. Many sites allowed anonymous access, but usually required a username of "anonymous" and your eMail address as the password. Some FTP programs came with a default username of anonymous. You supplied your eMail address for the password when entering the program preferences. My guess is that your current web browser may be set up with at least a username of anonymous. It may also have your eMail address if you use the browser for mail. You might try anonymous for a username when using the FTP command prompt, and see what happens. Fred
Thank you very much for your help, explaination and your time. it worked with "anonymous" and email address. but i think now I need to figure out how to download/upload a file . Thank you again. "Fred McKenzie" wrote: > In article , > Freedominizer wrote: > > > can anyone tell me why that we can visit some FTP sites using our browsers > > with no problems, but if we want to visit the same FTP site using command > > prompt it requests a username and password... > > > Before there were web browsers like NCSA Mosaic, FTP was the best way to > "surf the net"! A popular Macintosh FTP program was Fetch from > Dartmouth College. > > Many sites allowed anonymous access, but usually required a username of > "anonymous" and your eMail address as the password. Some FTP programs > came with a default username of anonymous. You supplied your eMail > address for the password when entering the program preferences. > > My guess is that your current web browser may be set up with at least a > username of anonymous. It may also have your eMail address if you use > the browser for mail. You might try anonymous for a username when using > the FTP command prompt, and see what happens. > > Fred >
In article , Freedominizer wrote: > I need to figure out how to > download/upload a file My memory is quite dim, but I recall FTP commands of PUT and GET. I think these may have been for ASCII text files. A Google search found <http://www.davelozinski.com/tutorials/ftp/>, which appears to offer FTP help. There is a Macintosh Terminal.app command, man ftp, that may also shed some light. Fetch and perhaps other Macintosh FTP programs are available, if you want one that does the uploading and downloading automatically. Fred
I will give them a go as well. Thanks a lot for you help "Fred McKenzie" wrote: > In article , > Freedominizer wrote: > > > I need to figure out how to > > download/upload a file > > My memory is quite dim, but I recall FTP commands of PUT and GET. I > think these may have been for ASCII text files. A Google search found > <http://www.davelozinski.com/tutorials/ftp/>, which appears to offer FTP > help. > > There is a Macintosh Terminal.app command, man ftp, that may also shed > some light. > > Fetch and perhaps other Macintosh FTP programs are available, if you > want one that does the uploading and downloading automatically. > > Fred >
