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# C.2 Logging In

When `ftp` starts up we should see something like

`Connected to shoop.vpizza.com.
220 Shoop.vpizza.com FTPD ready at 15 Dec 1992 08:20:42 EDT
Name (shoop.vpizza.com:mdw):`

Here, `ftp` is asking us to give the username that we want to login as on `shoop.vpizza.com`. The default here is `mdw`, which is my username on the system I'm using FTP from. Since I don't have an account on `shoop.vpizza.com` I can't login as myself. Instead, to access publicly-available software on an FTP site you login as `anonymous`, and give your Internet e-mail address (if you have one) as the password. So, we would type

`Name (shoop.vpizza.com:mdw): anonymous
331-Guest login ok, send e-mail address as password.
Password: mdw@sunsite.unc.edu
230- Welcome to shoop.vpizza.com.
230- Virtual Pizza Delivery[tm]: Download pizza in 30 cycles or less
230- or you get it FREE!
ftp>`

Of course, you should give your e-mail address, instead of mine, and it won't echo to the screen as you're typing it (since it's technically a ``password''). `ftp` should allow us to login and we'll be ready to download software.

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