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YesWare service billing 8-15
Software Release 2.30 YesWare Applications User’s Guide 08-01016-01
Procedure 8-4
Retrieving and deleting SDR logs using ftp
Use this procedure to retrieve and delete SDR logs on the YWS using ftp.
Some service-providers may want to automate this procedure using a custom
software script/program.
Requirements
This procedure requires the following:
• basic knowledge of ftp commands
• ftp client computer with network access to the YWS
Action
Step Action
1 Start the ftp client application.
2 Open a connection to the YWS using port 22221
. After a few moments, the
The system then prompts for a "User:" login.
Note: Some workstation platforms (such as Windows NT) may require
reconfiguration of ftp settings to use port 22221.
3 At the User:
prompt, enter ftp-user. The system then prompts for a
password.
Note: Be certain to enter "ftp
-user" and not "vbn-user." The vbn-user login is
used only for retrieving authentication pages as described in Chapter 10.
4 At the Password:
prompt, enter the password of the admin user. This is the
same password as the one used in the Elastic Operating Network (EON) to
configure the YWS on the host network (see Chapter 3). The default admin
password is etherloop
.
Figure 8-8 shows an example ftp-user login to a YWS at 172.17.10.254
.
Figure 8-8
Logging into the YWS using ftp
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