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Date:	Tue, 7 Aug 2001 18:57:28 PDT
From:	Harry Chris Motin <hmotin@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: Boot drive ? / Homework results

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OK! Thanks.

HCM
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Peter Skye wrote:
>
> > Steven Levine wrote:
> > >
> > > >I can't remember the syntax for putting
> > > >the ftp password in the browser url.
> > >
> > > ftp://anonymous:steve53%40earthlink.net@bbs.os2bbs.com
> > >
> > > You need to use the %-escape to get the
> > > @ through to the server. All servers
> > > are supposed to support this but, YMMV.
>
> Harry Chris Motin wrote:
> >
> > Could you explain this a little more. In
> > the example you showed, where is the
> > os2bbs user id and where is the password?
>
> Hi Harry,
>
> If you mean his ftp example, many ftp servers allow you to sign on with
> a user id of "anonymous" and a courtesy password of your email address.
>
> So in his example, the user id is "anonymous" and the password is
> "steve53@earthlink.net" but you have to substitute the hex code "%40"
> for the "@" so your client/browser's parser doesn't get confused (the
> second "@" just before the url doesn't get any substitution). Your
> client or browser separates the user id, password and url and contacts
> the ftp server, then sends the "user userid" and "pass password" lines
> when prompted by the server.
>
> Thus, the syntax is
>
> ftp://userid:password@url
>
> where userid is either your account info with that site or "anonymous",
> and password is either your account password with that site or the "%40"
> email address.
>
> Some browsers do an "anonymous" login automatically if you specify just
> an "ftp://url" string (without user id or password) and use the email
> address you have in the browser's email setup, thus you only need to use
> the full syntax if you want to use a different email address as a
> password during an anonymous login.
>
> - Peter
>
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