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notes 3. Enter your user name and password.
4. Click “Login” to log in to the server.

5. Browse, in the server pane, to the remote file you wish to download. In the pane of
the window for the local computer, browse to the location where you wish to store the
downloaded file.

6. Right-click on the file and select “Download” or “Put” to download the file.
7. Browse, in the local computer pane, to the file on your local computer that you wish to
upload. In the server pane, browse to the location where you would like the file to be stored
on the remote computer.
8. Right-click on the file and select “Upload” or “Put” to upload the file.
9. Exit the client to close the client and log out of the remote server.

13.6 using ftp clients to test anonymous read access

Anonymous FTP is the choice of Web sites that need to exchange files with numerous unknown
remote users. Common uses include downloading software updates and MP3s and uploading
diagnostic information for a technical support engineers’ attention. Unlike regular FTP where
you login with a preconfigured Linux username and password, anonymous FTP requires only a
username of anonymous and your email address for the password. Once logged in to a VSFTPD
server, you automatically have access to only the default anonymous FTP directory (/var/ftp in
the case of VSFTPD) and all its subdirectories.

Many computersystems throughout the Internet offer files through anonymous FTP. This
means that you can access a machine without having to have an account on that machine (i.e.
you don’t have to be an official user of the system). These anonymous FTP servers contain
software, documents of various sorts, files for configuring networks, graphic images, songlyrics
and all sorts of other information. Archives for electronic mailing lists are often stored on and
are available through anonymous FTP. An enormous amount of information is stored on these
machines and is ready for anyone who’s seeking it.

Note All this is subject to change, it is a privilege and the person responsible for the
machine can shut it down at any time without you being able to do anything about it.

commands

All the normal FTP commands may be used to retrieve files. Some FTP commands are the same
on different computers, but others are not. Also, some of the ftp sites offer custom commands
like getting a directory with one command, ‘regetting’ a file or searching of directories. Read the
relevant README files on the site itself for the ‘special access features’.

Usually, FTP will list the commands if you type ‘help’ or type a question mark (?). Also, your
computer’s help command may have information about FTP. Try ‘man ftp’, ‘man ftpd’, ‘help ftp’,
‘ftp /?’, ‘ftp -?’ or ‘ftp /h’ (all these to be typed without quotes).
Some useful commands available on most systems include:
ascii Switch to ascii mode. Ascii mode is the default mode and used for
transferring text files binary Switch to binary mode. For transferring
binary files like .ZIP files, .Z files and the like
cd Change the directory on the remote computer

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