Hi all,
I am pretty new to Fedora, but I need to run some software that only runs on linux. I downloaded it through the terminal (is this where you download most things?) via the instructions on the page. It was an anonymous FTP download, but I cannot find where they went. I am logged on as a user, but have all the passwords for the root (which I assume is the administrator type account?). So did they go into the root dir?

Most certainly it got downloaded into the directory where you were when launching ftp. That location depends on your login (user or root) and where you navigated yourself using 'cd' (change directory) statements. You don't have to be root to use ftp.

If you don't feel comfortable with a terminal ftp, then I suggest you install 'gftp', which is a graphical FTP application with all the menus and buttons that will make your life easier. You will never want to use command-line ftp again.

Another alternative is to access the FTP location from a web browser. On the commandline that would be 'lynx' (a text-only browser).

Server issues

I used the search program and it turned up nothing. I downloaded multiple files and here is one of the terminal lines of the ftp transfer.
"drwxr-xr-x 2 root group 512 Apr 29 2003 stuffit"
Does that help to find where it is?
I was logged on as user, searched the users home file, but couldn't find the files

Yes, what Marquardl said is right.
The files would have been downloaded to the folder from where you launched the ftp application. Next time when you type 'ftp <servername>' just keep a note of your present working directory.

The file would be placed there for sure.

Try searching for the already downloaded files after logging in as root, using the command
'find / -iname filename'

You might not have been getting the search results due to lack of permissions on the download target directory.

Good luck, Linux buddy