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Network Operating Systems-I

notes The simplest way to initiate FTP would be to give the command
‘ftp <system-name>’. The <system-name> is the remote

system you are connecting to, either a name like garbo.uwasa.fi,
if you have an entry in /etc/hosts or are accessing a Domain
Name Server or the Internet address 193.166.120.5 for Garbo. If
that last sentence doesn’t seem to make sense just try: ftp
garbo.uwasa.fi or ftp 193.166.120.5 and look what happens.

After a short wait, you will be prompted for your username. If
you do not have an account on the remote system, some systems
allow you to use ‘anonymous’. This gives you a restricted
access path (meaning that you can only run certain commands

like ‘dir’ or ‘ls’ and are allowed only access to certain
directories like ‘pub’).

You would then be prompted for a password. Some systems will
tell you to send your real identity as the password. What you
type doesn’t matter in most cases, but it is suggested to give

your e-mail address. This as a courtesy to the archive maintainers,
who would like to know who’s using their system. Other systems
need a password of ‘guest’, or something similar.
DO NOT TYPE A PASSWORD THAT YOU USE ON YOUR OWN SYSTEM!

After that, you should receive the FTP prompt ( usually ftp> )
and have access. You can get a directory of files by giving a
‘dir’ command. If the remote system is Unix-based and dir does
not work, try ‘ls -l’ for an MS-DOS like output.

On Garbo, there is a file available in the default anonymous ftp
directory that explains what Garbo is and where files are located.
Look for 00-index.txt or README files or some similar name.

Unix systems will all have the same directory structure, and
moving around is done with the ‘cd’ or ‘cwd’ command.
TOPS-20, VAX/VMS, DOS VM/CMS and other systems have a different
structure, but movement is still accomplished with the ‘cd’
command.

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