Instructions for ftp'ing between LLNL and ASCI-RED

The instructions below will assist LLNL users ftp'ing data between LLNL and the ASCI-RED machine at Sandia (janus.sandia.gov).

How do you ftp to janus.sandia.gov?

At the moment, it does not appear possible to ftp from LLNL to the ASCI-Red network. Blue appears to be the only machine with the Kerberos5 version of ftp, but all attempts to use it have failed. The recent implementation of the firewall appears to be the cause for this. Normal ftp will NOT work. As soon as this service is available, this page will be updated to reflect that. However ...

How do you ftp from janus.sandia.gov to LLNL?

From a login window to either sasn100 or janus, execute the Kerberos5 version of ftp (located in /usr/local/bin):

prwork@sasn100> /usr/local/bin/ftp www.llnl.gov
Connected to www.llnl.gov.
220 www.llnl.gov FTP server (Version wu-2.4.2-academ[BETA-18-VR13](1) Fri Feb 12 09:21:46 PST 1999) ready.
530 Please login with USER and PASS.
Macro definition missing null line terminator.
ftp> user pwork
331 Password required for pwork.
Password: 
230 User pwork logged in.
ftp> get, put, etc



Acknowledgement and Disclaimer

That's it. Note that you must explicitly identify yourself to the target machine using the USER command and give your password on the target machine. Note also that most of LLNL's machines are now inside the firewall, and inaccessible via the Kerberos5 version of ftp. www.llnl.gov is still outside the firewall, however. For direct transfers, scp works very nicely to most LLNL machines.
If you have any questions, email me.