Re: How do I get a account?

In article <4gtduh$9s0@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, Tamara Winburn <tamara@shop.internet.net> wrote: >How do I get an account on or a useable account/password to mathcs.emory.edu? I'll post this response rather than reply directly to Tamara since the information may be useful to others. I'm currently reworking the monthly posting about archive sites. The archives are just what the name implies: collections of files and articles from informix-list/comp.databases.informix. The only processing that people do is search and/or download. You don't need an individual login-ID and password. You can access the archives either via a Web browser or anonymous FTP. The Web archives are at "http://www.iiug.org";, the Web site for the International Informix Users Group. All archive files and c.d.i articles are kept there in plain text, so you can search, view or download any of them. There are two systems that maintain versions of the archives that are accessible via Anonymous FTP. "FTP" stands for File Transfer Protocol, and is designed primarily for moving files between systems. The "Anonymous" part refers to a convention that allows anyone to log into a special area of a system that the administrator has made publicly available. When you ftp to a system, it will ask you for your login-ID. To access the public area, enter an ID of "anonymous". When asked for a password, enter your full e-mail address. This is also convention, though some sites now try to force the entry of a string that looks like an e-mail address. The two general ftp sites are ftp.iiug.org (IP 128.117.71.100) and ftp.mathcs.emory.edu (IP 128.140.2.212), in order of preference. The Informix sections of the FTP archives on these two sites are synched each night. All archive files on the IIUG Web site are also in the FTP archives, though many of the FTP files are compressed. If you only have e-mail access to the Net, you can still retrieve FTP files via e-mail using a service called "ftpmail". Listed below are examples of both direct anonymous ftp, and ftpmail. If you have problems accessing any of the sites mentioned here, let me know. Good luck, Walt. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ USING ANONYMOUS FTP If you've never used anonymous FTP, here is a quick primer, in the form of a sample session on ftp.iiug.org with comments in {}. Lines where you type something are marked with "<<<": $ ftp ftp.iiug.org {or: ftp 128.117.71.100} <<< Connected to ftp.iiug.org 220 iiug FTP server ((UNIX(r) System V Release 4.0) ready. Name (ftp.iiug.org:walt): anonymous <<< 331 Guest login ok, send ident as password. Password: walt@rmy.emory.edu {use your e-mail address here} <<< 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. ftp> cd pub/informix <<< 250 CWD command successful. ftp> get README <<< 200 PORT command successful. 226 ASCII Transfer complete. ftp> get ls-lR <<< 200 PORT command successful. 226 ASCII Transfer complete. . . {repeat this step for each file you want} . ftp> quit <<< 221 Goodbye. % USING AN FTP MAIL SERVER TO DO ANONYMOUS FTP VIA E-MAIL There are sites connected to the Internet that provide mail servers for use by anyone who doesn't have access to FTP. Such a server acts as an intermediary that takes your request by e-mail, gets the files you want from the FTP site you specify, then e-mails those files back to you. One of the best known sites is located at the DEC Western Research Lab in Palo Alto, CA, USA. You communicate with the retrieval utility by sending e-mail to the address "ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com". To obtain a help message, send an e-mail message to that address consisting of the word "help". The instructions for that server will be returned to you in an e-mail message. As an example, to get the files "README" and "ls-lR" from /pub/informix on ftp.iiug.org, send a message to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com like the following: reply <your domain-style e-mail address or bang-path from decwrl goes here> connect ftp.iiug.org chdir /pub/informix get README get ls-lR quit ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Walt Hultgren Internet: walt@rmy.emory.edu (IP 170.140.97.4) Emory University UUCP: {...,gatech,rutgers,uunet}!emory!rmy!walt 954 Gatewood Road, NE BITNET: walt@EMORY Atlanta, GA 30329 USA Voice: +1 404 727 0648