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I was wondering if anyone knew where (or how to access) the anonymous
ftp directories found on a machine by just 'cd'ing to it?

For example, I can normally log on to a machine let's say: test.machine.edu.
People can also anon. ftp to test.machine.edu and access /pub directories,
and whatever. If I login normally (no ftp) into test.machine.edu, can
I access these /pub directories?

Thanks...

Michael Ko

:I was wondering if anyone knew where (or how to access) the anonymous
:ftp directories found on a machine by just 'cd'ing to it?
:
:For example, I can normally log on to a machine let's say: test.machine.edu.
:People can also anon. ftp to test.machine.edu and access /pub directories,
:and whatever. If I login normally (no ftp) into test.machine.edu, can
:I access these /pub directories?
:

  Try 'cd ~ftp' ... that is often the root directory of the anonymous ftp
site for a machine.

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Dave Rinker                        
        Georgia Institute of Technology. Atlanta, Georgia, 30332    
             CSX Transportation.  Jacksonville, Florida 32202

: :I was wondering if anyone knew where (or how to access) the anonymous
: :ftp directories found on a machine by just 'cd'ing to it?
: :
: :For example, I can normally log on to a machine let's say: test.machine.edu.
: :People can also anon. ftp to test.machine.edu and access /pub directories,
: :and whatever. If I login normally (no ftp) into test.machine.edu, can
: :I access these /pub directories?
: :

:   Try 'cd ~ftp' ... that is often the root directory of the anonymous ftp
: site for a machine.

: --
: Dave Rinker                        
:         Georgia Institute of Technology. Atlanta, Georgia, 30332    
:              CSX Transportation.  Jacksonville, Florida 32202

Sometimes, like mine, it's /home/ftp/pub

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On my machine it is ~anonftp. Still you connect to ftp.cs.utk.edu.
So what determines it, really?
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ftp://cs.utk.edu/pub/eijkhout/www/Victor.html

Officially it is ~ftp.  ftp is the pseudo user that is used by the
standard ftp daemon to determine whether anonymous ftp is allowed.

If your site uses something other than ~ftp, it is possible that
they either modified the ftp daemon *or* that you are not on the
machine that is the anonymous ftp server.  On machines that do
not have anon ftp, you cannot have a user named "ftp" as the existance
of that user enables anonymous ftp (as long as ~ftp exists).

Casper