On 17 May 2017 at 22:47, Fan Zhang <fan.zh...@skhms.com> wrote: > I was asked for a username and password from ftp://ftp.lyx.org > > I don’t know how I can get that. Can you please help? >
Hi Fan, Thanks for letting us know you still have the problem. I think I was able to reproduce your experience/problem when trying to download LyX by doing the following: * Browse to https://www.lyx.org/Download * Click on the link that refers to FTP site <ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.2.3> ( ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.2.3 ) I was then asked for a user name / password, just like you say. This is of course confusing, so I'm CC:ing this e-mail to the developers' list for further discussion even thought there might not actually be anything we can do about it directly. However, what's helpful for you to know is that you can log in to the FTP site _anonymously_. I'm currently on macOS, so in my case when I click the FTP-link, Safari asks me if I want to open the address in "Finder" (like Explorer on Windows). That's when I'm asked for a name and password. However, at this point I can select to connect as "Guest", and I then don't need to enter any name or password. How you should do this depends on from what platform you're connecting and what FTP-client you're using, but the bottom line is that you should be able to log in anonymously / guest. I have a vague memory that you can just give the name as "anonymous" and simply give e.g. your e-mail address as a password, and you'll get in. Regards, Christian
