VMS Help TCPIP Services, FTP, Anonymous FTP  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    Anonymous user access, also called Anonymous FTP, lets you
    make an FTP connection to a remote host by specifying the name
    ANONYMOUS (or another name defined by the system manager). With
    Anonymous FTP, you do not need:

    o  A registered user account on the remote host

    o  To use your own user account, if you have one

    o  To supply a password

    With Anonymous FTP, you can:

    o  View remote directories

       -  View the guest and public directories with the FTP
          DIRECTORY command.

       -  The public directory called GUEST$PUBLIC has general
          bulletin-board information. It contains files of interest
          to FTP users.

    o  Copy files

       -  Enter GET and PUT commands to copy files to and from
          GUEST$PUBLIC.

       -  The public area is read-only. You can enter the GET command
          to copy files from the remote host to your local system.

       Optionally, there is an ANONYMOUS$USER directory where you
       can:

       -  Delete files

       -  Create directories

       -  Delete directories

       -  Rename files

       -  Rename directories

       The system manager sets up the access restrictions for
       Anonymous FTP. How the manager does this determines the
       availability of features.

1 - Examples

    In the following example, UNIX user williams uses Anonymous FTP
    to connect to the ANONYMOUS account on OpenVMS host TRACTPLAN.
    Rather than prompting for a password, TRACTPLAN asks for the user
    name.

    % ftp tractplan
    Connected to tractplan.green_dev.org.
    220 tractplan FTP Server (Version 5.0) ready
    Name (tractplan:williams): anonymous
    331 Guest login ok, send ident as password
    Password: williams@tractplan.edu
    230  Guest login ok, access restrictions apply

         WELCOME to DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS
                 on Internet Host TRACTPLAN
                      Date 04-24-97
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