[ale] ftping redhat 6.0.tar.gz

[hirsch at mathcs.emory.edu]

> I have recently tried to ftp into metalab.unc.edu in order to download
> redhat 6.0.  I want to load it onto a sparc 10.  It is anonymous ftp (I
> thought).  
> 
> The good news is I get in.  The bad news is that when I try to "get
> redhat-6.0.tar.gz it says "permission denied".  
> 
> I have tried to get into cc.ga.tech.edu with absolutely no results at all.
> I thought it was an anonymus ftp server.

This typically means that reverse DNS is broken for your machine.  If you
machine thinks it's name is other than what DNS thinks then you will have
trouble.

A few ftp sites don't check for this, but I beleive that gatech one does.

--Michael