On Tuesday 27 May 2003 08:09 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 27 May 2003 6:32 pm, RichardA wrote: > > On Tue, 27 May 2003 15:26:18 +0100 > > > > Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > <g> I meant I haven't tried uploading to that site. I > > > use gFtp myself, and it's easy. Let us know how you go > > > on. > > > > > > Anne > > > > Anne, quick gFTP question: I put my user name and password > > in the fields at the top, pressed the connect button on > > the left, but it still tried logging in to the site as > > anonymous according to the log window below. Where do you > > put your details? > > Hi, Richard. Disclaimer - I'm no expert :-) > > I would guess that it was doing the right thing, though I'm > not certain of this. The username and password are the ones > that you need to access that particular site. Vincent had > said that his site needed no signing in, so I would guess > that for that site and others like it, it is not asking for > a password, and so you are signed in as anonymous. > > If you make a connection to a site and are likely to want to > go there again, make a bookmark. It will remember the > settings you used for that site. > > It sounds to me as though you nearly had it right - just put > anonymous for the username and leave password empty if the > site doesn't require one. > > HTH > > Anne
Hmm.... In the good, old days it was considered good *netiquette* - when on anonymous FTP - to supply ones e-mail-address in the *password* field. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- Registered Linux user # 214073 at http://counter.li.org Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.1 - kernel 2.4.21 Brought to you from my 100 % Micro$oft-free computer.
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