HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 1 User Commands A-M (vol 1)

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ftp(1) Kerberos ftp(1)
WARNINGS
Correct execution of many commands depends upon proper behavior by the remote server.
DIAGNOSTICS
Error! could not retrieve authentication type.
Please notify sys admin.
There are two authentication mechanisms used by
ftp. One authentication mechanism is based on
Kerberos and the other is not. The type of authentication mechanism is obtained from a system file
which is updated by inetsvcs_sec(1M). If the system file does not contain known authentication types,
the above error is displayed.
AUTHOR
ftp was developed by the University of California, Berkeley.
SEE ALSO
csh(1), rcp(1), ftpd(1M), inetsvcs_sec(1M), netrc(4), ftpusers(4), hosts(4), krb5.conf(4), sis(5).
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