FTP

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# 5.5. FTP

FTP, or File Transfer Protocol, is one of the the earliest, and still perhaps the best, way of transferring files between computers over the Internet.

With FTP you can see files and directories on the distant computer just as if they were on your own system, download them onto your computer using Konqueror's normal Copy and Paste or Drag 'n Drop methods, and, if allowed, upload files from your machine to the other computer's filesystem. To try it, type the url

     ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde

into the Locationbar and press Enter.As long as you are connected to the Internet, and as long as the KDE's ftp site is not too busy, you should end up seeing the `/pub/kde` directory at ftp.kde.org

| Although, strictly speaking, FTP url's should be entered starting with `ftp://` and WWW urls starting with `http://` Konqueror is usually smart enough to figure out what is meant, and insert these characters for you if you leave them out.

When you access an ftp site it will usually need some form of username and password from you. To simplify things, most ftp sites that offer files for free downloading will accept the word "`anonymous`" as a username and your email address as a password, and to make your life even easier Konqueror will automatically supply these without troubling you.

Sites that are more concerned with security will need a proper username and password, in which case Konqueror will ask you for them or you can include them in the url you type into the Locationbar, as for example

     ftp://username:password@ftp.cia.org

If you do this, then note the way that Konqueror hides the password as soon as you press Enter, to protect your privacy.

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