How to Open an ftp Connection to a Remote System

1. Make sure you have ftp authentication.

   You must have ftp authentication, as described in "Authentication for Remote Logins (ftp)".

2. Open a connection to a remote system by using the ftp(1) command.

   $ ftp remote-system

   If the connection succeeds, a confirmation message and prompt is displayed.

3. Enter your user name.

   Name (remote-system:user-name): user-name

4. If prompted, enter your password.

   331 Password required for user-name: Password: password

   If the system you are accessing has established an anonymous ftp account, you will not be prompted for a password. If the ftp interface accepts your password, it displays a confirmation message and the (ftp>) prompt.

   You can now use any of the commands supplied by the ftp interface, including help. The principal commands are summarized in Table 46-2.

Example--Opening an ftp Connection to a Remote System

This ftp session was established by the user smith on the remote system pluto:

$ ftp pluto
Connected to pluto.
220 pluto FTP server (UNIX(r) System V Release 4) ready.
Name (pluto:smith): smith
331 Password required for smith:
Password: password
230 User smith logged in.
ftp>