On 17 May 2017 at 23:02, Christian Ridderström <c...@lyx.org> wrote:
> On 17 May 2017 at 22:47, Fan Zhang <fan.zh...@skhms.com> wrote: > >> I was asked for a username and password from ftp://ftp.lyx.org >> >> I don’t know how I can get that. Can you please help? >> > > Hi Fan, > > Thanks for letting us know you still have the problem. > Can anyone say if what's described below (regarding name/password) is a new behaviour, or if it's always been like this? /Christian > I think I was able to reproduce your experience/problem when trying to > download LyX by doing the following: > > * Browse to https://www.lyx.org/Download > * Click on the link that refers to FTP site > <ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.2.3> ( ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/ > bin/2.2.3 ) > > I was then asked for a user name / password, just like you say. > This is of course confusing, so I'm CC:ing this e-mail to the developers' > list for further discussion even thought there might not actually be > anything we can do about it directly. > > However, what's helpful for you to know is that you can log in to the FTP > site _anonymously_. > > I'm currently on macOS, so in my case when I click the FTP-link, Safari > asks me if I want to open the address in "Finder" (like Explorer on > Windows). That's when I'm asked for a name and password. However, at this > point I can select to connect as "Guest", and I then don't need to enter > any name or password. > > How you should do this depends on from what platform you're connecting and > what FTP-client you're using, but the bottom line is that you should be > able to log in anonymously / guest. I have a vague memory that you can just > give the name as "anonymous" and simply give e.g. your e-mail address as a > password, and you'll get in. >
