Hmm,

You can go directly to 
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/maintenance
for instance, and it doesn't ask....

thanks!
lisa                    


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf
> Of Gretchen L. Thiele
> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 12:40 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] IBM FTP server asking for userid and password
> 
> Is there any reason why ftp.software.ibm.com
> is asking for a userid and password now? I've
> rerouted all requests for TSM software to
> index.storsys.ibm.com, but this one can be
> flakey at times, too.
> 
> I did try userid=anonymous and password=email,
> but no luck.
> 
> Gretchen Thiele
> Princeton University