A username and password are not required, but you must use public access from a UCS UNIX host. Number of links indicates the number of links to a file.
Owner indicates the owner's username.
Group indicates the group ownership of the file. Size is the size of the file or directory in bytes. Date indicates the day and time the file or directory was created. Name is the name of the file or directory. This allows you to access data without it residing on your local system.