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Connecting and Logging On to a Remote Host
From FTP, you must establish a connection to the remote host you wish to
access.
If you did not enter a remote host name on the command line when you
started FTP, you must open a connection to the remote system as follows.
From the ftp> prompt, enter the OPEN command followed by the remote host
ARPA domain name, internet protocol (IP) address, or NS node name
supplied by your network administrator:
ftp> OPEN remotehostname
IP Addresses
IP addresses are assigned by your network administrator to uniquely
identify computer systems to allow communication between systems on the
network.
IP addresses, also called internet addresses, are in the form:
nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn
Where nnn is a number from 000 to 255, inclusive. For example, if the IP
address of the remote system is 123.1.20.125, you would enter:
ftp> OPEN 123.1.20.125
Node Names
Besides using IP addresses with the FTP OPEN command, you can use either
an ARPA domain name or an NS node name in the OPEN command. NS names are
recognized if the remote host supports the Probe protocol or if the
remote host name is configured in your local node network directory.
ARPA domain names are configured in two ASCII files, RSLVCNF.NET.SYS and
HOSTS.NET.SYS. For configuration information, refer to Installing and
Managing HP ARPA File Transfer Protocol Network Manager's Guide. Obtain
the node names from your network administrator. For example, if the
name, node2, is configured as a remote host name on your network, you can
enter:
ftp> OPEN node2
For a system identified by a fully-qualified NS nodename such as
nodex3.test.hp (in the form: nodename.domain.organization, you can
enter:
ftp> OPEN nodex3.test.hp
Logging On
Once the connection has been established, enter the remote user logon
name and password when prompted.
You must know the user logon syntax for the remote host you are
accessing. For example, an HP 9000 logon name could be: myname. You
would enter the following when prompted:
Name (username) myname
331 Password required for myname.
PASSWORD: (enter password)
230 User myname logged in.
Passwords are not echoed back to your terminal screen.
Changing Accounts
To log into a different user account on the remote system, use the USER
command. After entering the user logon name, you are prompted for any
passwords associated with the logon name:
ftp> USER myname
331 Password required for myname.
PASSWORD: (enter password)
230 User myname logged in.
Accessing Another Remote Host
After establishing a connection to a remote host, you can access another
remote host by entering the CLOSE command, then entering another OPEN
remotehostname command:
ftp> CLOSE
ftp> OPEN remotehostname