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 perform the following actions:
o View remote directories
- View the guest and public directories with the FTP command
DIRECTORY.
- If set up, 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 may be an ANONYMOUS$USER directory where you
can perform the following actions:
- Delete files
- Create directories
- Delete directories
- Rename files
- Rename directories
The system manager sets up the access restrictions for
Anonymous FTP that determine the availability of features.
NOTE
GUEST$PUBLIC and ANONYMOUS$USER are devices names for
directories that may be set up by the system manager. See
the HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Management manual for
more information.
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