503 : Must first establish authentication

Explanation

The server received a command that is not valid unless the client and server successfully negotiated authentication, but authentication was not successfully negotiated.

System action

The command fails. FTP continues.

User response

Issue an AUTH command and reissue the failing command. See RFC 2228 for more information about the OPTS command. See Related protocol specifications for information about accessing RFCs.

System programmer response

None.