On Sat, May 20, 2006 at 09:12:42AM +0900, Henry Nelson wrote:
> On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 04:38:15PM -0700, Mark E wrote:
> > I haven't had much luck with ftp or telnet, how can I
> > open a 'site'?  Are there lists of ip addresses that
> > one can connect with?  It asked for user name and
> > password with the netbsd ftp address, maybe it was
> 
> I think you are asking about "anonymous" ftp, which means the site
> is open to the public.  When such a site asks for your id, enter
> "anonymous" (without the quotes).  The password doesn't have much
> meaning in the anonymous case; most sites ask you to enter your email
> address.

Or you can use `-a' option with `ftp', eg:

$ ftp -a ftp.netbsd.org

-- 
Sergey Lungu