Re: patches on oracle-ftp.oracle.com?

From: Frank van Bortel <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 14:31:19 +0100
Message-ID: <bubcsl$ple$1@news2.tilbu1.nb.home.nl>

Sybrand Bakker wrote:

> On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 10:55:55 +0100, fehrin_at_t-online.de (Dr. Franz
> Fehringer) wrote:
>
>

>>Hello,
>>
>>Until recently it was possible to download patches for the Windows version of Oracle server from oracle-ftp.oracle.com.
>>But now the NT subdirectory is gone.
>>Is there a possibility to download patches without a metalink account?
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>Dr. Franz Fehringer

>
>
> Not very likely. Why would Oracle distribute for free something they
> have others pay for?
>
>
> --
> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

And apart from that, I doubt whether thre diry is gone. It's just that you cannot dir the server anymore:

230- Caveats
230- -------
230- - You may not list files or directories from the root directory.
230- - You must select binary transfers for this service to work.

230
You have to *know* the patch number (and you'll need Metalink for that), and cd to that number.
At least, that's how updates.oracle.com works, after you logged in (using your metalink account), this appears:

230-           Welcome to the Oracle Patch Download FTP Server
230-
230- Access
230- ------
230- Access to this system is limited to authorized users of Oracle
230- Metalink.  Unauthorized access to or use of this system is prohibited
230- and may subject you to civil and criminal prosecution.  Use of this
230- system may be monitored for the purpose of maintaining system
230- security, and system information may be accessed or disclosed under
230- limited circumstances.

230

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Regards,
Frank van Bortel

Received on Sat Jan 17 2004 - 07:31:19 CST