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Old 05-11-2008
Power FTP Download username and password

I am trying to download from ftp server (rsync and postfix). But every time I connect to the ftp server, it prompts for USER and PASS but I don't know which username and and password to use. And I am using command based UNIX OS.
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Old 05-11-2008
Try..
user=anonymous
password=<your email addrees>

This is what is used if no real user id is required. But if anonymous ftp is disabled, you willl need to ask the system owner for an account,
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Old 05-11-2008
Thanks a lot. It worked.
 
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