FTP Questions


FTP to a PC from the ISeries
I have read on numerous web sites that in order to FTP from the ISeries to a PC, that PC must have a FTP server running on it. Is that correct or is there a way around this?

Answer Question   |  April 26, 2010  2:13 PM
AS/400 FTP, FTP, FTP Server, iSeries, PC
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100 pts.

FTP Server job execution.
Does anyone know of a way to execute a .bat file on an FTP server through an iSeries scripted FTP session? The server, if I remember correctly is NT based.

Answer Question   |  June 12, 2008  6:31 PM
FTP, FTP Server, iSeries
asked by:
Pmc
95 pts.

AS400 FTP Batch program
How to write FTP Batch program to run on AS400 to PT file

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2009  3:08 PM
AS/400, Batch, FTP
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5 pts.

Convert FTP to Secure FTP (submit file to JES on mainframe)
I have been informed that ETS (mainframe adminstrators) hss dictated that all ftp processes flowing into and out from the state’s mainframe shall be secured as of a certain date in the future. Non-secured FTP will be denied (using port 23) at a certain date. Does anyone know of a secure ftp client utility that [...]

Answer Question   |  May 20, 2008  5:27 PM
FTP, JES, Job Entry Subsystem, Mainframe, Secure FTP
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5 pts.

Create and FTP a PDF
create and ftp a pdf file from spooled file that has more than 132 columns

Answer Question   |  May 20, 2008  9:05 PM
FTP, PDF, Spool files
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5 pts.

How to change name of file to include date in the name of the file
I want to FTP from mainframe to PC. We run the JCL to do that and this JOB should run every day. Is it possible to change the name of the file that I want to send to the PC everytime? For instance, I’d like to put the month/date/year in the file name. //********************************************************************** //* [...]

Answer Question   |  May 29, 2008  4:30 AM
FTP, JCL, Job Control Language, Mainframe
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5 pts.

FTP from z/OS PDS to server (how to add on .txt extension)
I’m relatively new to FTP. Have written a JCL which will copy all members of a local PDS to a remote server. This process is somewhat successful, however all the same named filenames on the remote server reflect only the PDS member name (without any extension). Have used the LCD command to map to the [...]

Answer Question   |  June 22, 2011  10:04 PM
FTP, MPUT, Partitioned Data Sets (PDS), PDS, z/OS
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5 pts.

Question about FTP QUOTE SITE – Tandem to Mainframe
I read your answer about the following quote site working for unix and winnt sending to a mainframe. Will this same quote site work for a Tandem to Mainframe transfer? quote site file=jes put my.jcl Thanks.

Answer Question   |  May 2, 2008  1:36 AM
FTP, JCL, Mainframe
asked by:
FTA
5 pts.

Secure FTP
Please help me to set up Secure FTP for our AS400 iSeries-V5R2 machine to accept SFTP from Unix machine. Thanks. Luong Nguyen

Answer Question   |  May 25, 2010  2:37 PM
AS/400, AS/400 FTP, FTP, iSeries, Secure FTP, SFTP, Unix, V5R2
asked by:
Ncb
5 pts.

Moving FTP to FTPS on iSeries
A search400 reader wrote in this question: We are in the process of moving from ftp to ftps on our iSeries v5r3. We have an automated cl that does our ftp. I am just trying to find out if moving to ftps will require modification to our current CL. i.e any new parameters that need [...]

Answer Question   |  October 29, 2010  8:54 PM
AS/400, AS/400 upgrading, FTP, FTPS
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490 pts.

List Multiple directories during FTP Session
During an FTP session, I need to go to 3 directories on a remote system. I want to list out the contents of the directories for me to use later. I know I can use the DIR (disk command, and it will put the data in *CURLIB/DIROUTPUT.DIROUTPUT, but it is a replacement, not an add, [...]

Answer Question   |  November 16, 2008  4:12 PM
FTP
asked by:
Klw
50 pts.

Alternative to FTP for file transfer to iSeries (AS/400)
I’ve been tasked with attempting to find a better alternative to FTP for transfering files from an FTP server to the iSeries. The files being transferred are based on a server that is being replaced and the manager of infrasturucture does not wish to put FTP on the new box. The current process uses FTP [...]

Answer Question   |  April 24, 2008  6:49 PM
AS/400, AS/400 FTP, File transfers, FTP
asked by:
Pmc
95 pts.

secure ftp on Iseries/as400
what is the difference in terms of command to use between using standard ftp and secure ftp on the iseries/as400 v5r3 ? pls send some sample code. thanks a lot in advance

Answer Question   |  April 17, 2008  12:40 AM
AS/400, AS/400 FTP, FTP, iSeries, Secure FTP, V5R3
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15 pts.

Can only FTP within network, can’t FTP outside of network
I can FTP reports to anyone in the company, but I can’t FTP outside of the company….I get a message saying “cannot connect to host (IP address), try again later”. I’m new at this, do I need to configure the AS400 to allow the IP address somewhere….???

Answer Question   |  April 9, 2008  1:40 PM
AS/400, AS/400 FTP, FTP
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145 pts.

ftp gdg from mainframe to ftp server
I am having trouble picking up the latest GDG from the mainframe a placing it on the ftp server. The ftp commands do not seem to interpret (0) as the latest gdg. If I put in the G000V00 number then the file transfers fine. Please help.

Answer Question   |  July 28, 2010  8:35 PM
FTP, GDG, Generation Data Groups
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5 pts.

A simple port scanner
I want a simple port scanner which display the open ports and their purpose of all the systems that are up in a LAN.

Answer Question   |  March 17, 2008  7:38 AM
FTP, HTTP, Port scanner
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5 pts.

Sonic Wall is blocking PASV traffic from coming into the FTP server
Our Sonic Wall is blocking PASV traffic from coming into the FTP server. The connection works okay on port 21, then when the server switches to the PASV ports, the firewall drops the connection, even though the ports are specifically assigned. If I uncheck the FTP Bounce Attack Prevention box on the diag screen, PASV [...]

Answer Question   |  June 8, 2012  4:08 PM
FTP, SonicWALL
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5 pts.

Unsuccesfully securing an automated secure transmittal of data through FTPS protocol
We have been unsuccesful in securing a data connection with our vendor’s FTP server. The failure is always during establishment of the data connection when SSL is enabled. On our end, we’ve tried sending test files through two different server sources, and still were unable to connect with our vendor’s ftp server. We can successfully [...]

Answer Question   |  February 22, 2008  5:22 PM
Data transfer, FTP, SSL
asked by:
KMW
5 pts.

Change copier FTP anonymous access
Retina network security scanner shows FTP anonymous write access as a vulnerability. I only need FTP anonymous for a networked KonicaMinolta Di551 copier used for scanning documents to PDF file format into a folder on the server. Does anyone have any idea if a copier can scan to a network folder without using the FTP [...]

Answer Question   |  February 23, 2008  9:00 PM
FTP, IP networks, Network, Scanning, Security
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15 pts.

SFTP and Exit Programs
Hello Does anyone happen to know if FTP Exit Programs will work over Secured FTP. For whatever reason, I can get the FTP Exit Programs to work, when using straight FTP, but, not when using SFTP. Here, I am allowed to do anyhing?

Answer Question   |  March 12, 2010  7:39 PM
FTP, FTP Exit Programs and SFTP
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410 pts.