>>>>> "APA" == Adrian Aichner <aichner(a)ecf.teradyne.com> writes:
>>>>> "Rebecca" == Rebecca Ore <ore(a)op.net> writes:
Rebecca> This is the error message. I get a request for password
Rebecca> and tried my email address. That didn't work. I thought
Rebecca> the CVS password was Zawinski, but don't remember seeing
Rebecca> a password for the update packages command.
APA> Rebecca,
APA> it looks to me as if you tried logging in with username rebecca.
APA> You should be able to get in as follows:
APA> M-x dired RET /ftp＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub RET
The package user interface will fail for all the users that have
`efs-default-user' set to something else than "anonymous" or "ftp". The
attached patch should fix this.
1998-11-17 Oscar Figueiredo <Oscar.Figueiredo(a)di.epfl.ch>
* package-get.el (package-get-base-filename): Add `anonymous' user
prefix
Index: lisp/package-get.el
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/CVSroot/XEmacs/xemacs-20/lisp/package-get.el,v
retrieving revision 1.21
diff -u -u -r1.21 package-get.el
--- package-get.el 1998/10/16 06:25:25 1.21
+++ package-get.el 1998/11/17 15:55:13
＠＠ -179,7 +179,7 ＠＠
:group 'package-get)
(defcustom package-get-base-filename
- "/ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST"
+ "/anonymous＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST"
"*Name of the default package database file, usually on ftp.xemacs.org."
:type 'file
:group 'package-get)
