[newbie] downloading ftp files

2000-01-30 Thread I. M.
Heyla, All! Can ANYBODY tell me how to download a rpm file from a ftp site? I was told to do an anonymous ftp, which is hunky-dory, but the stupid thing wanted a password, which I didn't have. This was using the telnet utility. Then I tried using ftp, but I'm not certain of the syntax. The nine

Re: [newbie] downloading ftp files

2000-01-30 Thread Eric Damron
"I. M." wrote: Heyla, All! Can ANYBODY tell me how to download a rpm file from a ftp site? I was told to do an anonymous ftp, which is hunky-dory, but the stupid thing wanted a password, which I didn't have. This was using the telnet utility. Then I tried using ftp, but I'm not

Re: [newbie] downloading ftp files

2000-01-30 Thread Jesus Roncero
El dom, 30 ene 2000, escribiste: Heyla, All! Then I tried using ftp, but I'm not certain of the syntax. The nine or so books that I tried looking into told me how easy it was to download files from ftp sites on the 'Net, but failed to give me detailed instructions. Either that, or I should

Re: [newbie] downloading ftp files

2000-01-30 Thread lenathan
Sorry, I posted wrong info. For anonymous ftp, user: anonymous and password is your email address. Nathan. On Sun, 30 Jan 2000 11:17:25 -0800 (PST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With anonymous ftp, both user and password should be "anonymous" without quotes unless the site was set up with a

Re: [newbie] downloading ftp files

2000-01-30 Thread G_REEPER
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 with netscape just hold the shift key down and click On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, you wrote: Heyla, All! Can ANYBODY tell me how to download a rpm file from a ftp site? I was told to do an anonymous ftp, which is hunky-dory, but the stupid thing wanted

Re: [newbie] downloading ftp files

2000-01-30 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With anonymous ftp, both user and password should be "anonymous" without quotes unless the site was set up with a specific password. Hope I don't waste your time with useless info. Umm...not quite correct. Typically, according to "nettiquette"