re: FTP questions

I think I'll start with George's suggestion first and see what it brings. 
This is for a single customer but I'm sure it will grow but we will start 
slow.  I'll let everyone know how it turns out.

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Kirk Goins
IBM Certified AS/400 Technical Solutions
Pacific Information Systems - An IBM Premier Business Partner
503-290-2104
kirkg@pacinfosys.com
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"Lemen, George (Contractor)" <george.lemen@weyerhaeuser.com>
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06/21/00 08:25 PM
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        Subject:        re: FTP questions

Kirk --
 When we did this, we created an FTP script that used "quote rcmd
<as400cmd>" where <as400cmd> was a command that is found in the library 
list
for TCP server on the AS/400. I think the command we used was of the form
"CALL applib/apppgm" where we called out a specific application library
(applib) and custom program (apppgm). We secured the program so that only
the AS/400 user that NT used in the FTP processing could use it. (Yes, we
had to be sure the NT server was "secure" too!)
 There was one other trick: "-s" on NT's FTP command allows running a 
script
that can have a user ID and password buried in it (OK no flames -- I know
that isn't the best from a security standpoint!). 
These two tricks got us a totally "hands off" process that could be kicked
off by a OEM scheduler on the NT side.

Good luck

> -----Original Message-----
> From:          KirkG@pacinfosys.com [SMTP:KirkG@pacinfosys.com]
> Sent:          Wednesday, June 21, 2000 4:50 PM
> To:            midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject:               FTP questions
> 
> I have a client that wants to automate the following process:
> 
> A file is FTP'd to an NT server by a user via the Internet.
> at this point we want to automate getting the file on to the 400 and 
> process it. 
> 
> #1 I'd like to have the NT notify the 400 that the file is there and
> have 
> the 400 kick off a process to retrieve the file from the NT and then 
> process it
> or 
> #2  have the NT  then send the file to the 400 and kick off the
> process.
> 
> I really don't  want to use a timed loop, I'd like it to be automagic
> when 
> the file arrives on the NT. Is anyone doing this? What FTP server are
> you 
> using on the NT?  I guess what I want is the the arrival of the file
> to 
> run a script on the NT. 
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------
> Kirk Goins
> IBM Certified AS/400 Technical Solutions
> Pacific Information Systems - An IBM Premier Business Partner
> 503-290-2104
> kirkg@pacinfosys.com
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George Lemen
Sr. Technical Consultant, CIBER Inc.
CIBER phone/voice mail: (425) 451-2575 x142; e-mail: glemen@ciber
Weyerhaeuser CER Operations Manager
Weyerhaeuser phone: (253) 924-7975; e-mail: george.lemen@weyerhaeuser.com

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