Re: LMTCPB users cannot use FTP Remote Commands

Greg,

This was a big hole that IBM fixed. I am not sure which release but I think it
was prior to V4R5.

Roger Vicker, CCP

Greg Day wrote:

> Sorry for my late reply to this issue.
>
> I have been doing some testing for users with LMTCPB *YES and *NO for FTP
> remote commands, and find that a user with LMTCPB of *YES cannot enter FTP
> remote commands.
>
> eg: QUOTE RCMD CRTSAVF MYLIB/TESTSAVF
> will return the error
> 550 - Error occured on command CRTSAVF MYLIB/TESTSAVF
>
> If I change the user to LMTCPB=*NO and start the FTP session again the
> command works fine.
>
> Have I missed something or is this a fairly recent development. The way I
> have read earlier posts indicate that LMTCPB=*YES users are not restricted
> from entering remote command using FTP. I am on v4r5.
>
> Greg Day.
> Westpac Bank, SYDNEY
>
> >From: David.X.Kahn@gsk.com
> >From the security reference manual (V4R5):
> >
> >      <snip>      Users are not restricted from doing the following:
> >
> >      <snip>
> >
> >      - Running remote commands through applications, such as FTP.
>
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