RE: Using QNTC and passwords

As far as I know, what you are asking for can't be done.

I think most shops simply have one or two user special user profiles that
are sync'd between the iSeries and the Windows machines.

Charles


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry [mailto:jdraper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 1:03 PM
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Using QNTC and passwords
> 
> 
> We want to use the QNTC facility to write files directly onto 
> a Win2K file
> server.  The documentation talks about having to get the 
> passwords to match.
> 
> That doesn't really work for me because the Win2K box 
> requires mixed case
> passwords greater than 10 chars while the AS400 is using 
> QPWDLVL 0 so I can
> never get the passwords to sync.  
> 
> (The LAN folk aren't interested in allowing an AS400 password 
> and IT is not
> interested in moving to QPWDLVL 1.).
> 
> So...this must be a common issue that has already been 
> addressed.  In FTP I
> specify the userid/pw to whatever I need.  How is this done with QNTC?
> 
> Additionally, is it the same for QOPENSYS (Unix file systems)?
> 
> Ultimately I want do drive the writing of files to the Win2K 
> box from a batch CL
> process so there will be no operator intervention required.
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Jerry Draper
> Trilobyte Software Systems
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