RE: Writing to a Windows server instead of to the IFS

Although we do sometimes have customers use QNTC to put documents on a Windows, be strongly urge the use of NFS - network file system - every Unix/Linux box already probably has this, and there is a free install from MS for Windows. It is usually set up for anonymous access from a limited list of hosts (IP addresses) but can be secured using the UID/GID functionality - we have those in our user profiles now - just a glorified Unix box we is!!

You could go to our site - www.rjssoftware.com - go to the support link there and then to our wiki - do a search for NFS - we have a couple articles on setting things up, including the MS install.

Once set up, it works basically the same as QNTC - a mount of the remote share - but it works so much faster.

HTH
Vern

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From: "DeLong, Eric" <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

QNTC....

The QNTC file system is intended to provide access to Windows Networking Shares,
aka Network Neighborhood from a few years back.

The trick with QNTC is that you cannot directly control the user credentials
used to open the connection. The system uses whatever profile/password is in
effect for the job that is accessing the network share.

What I did, when I needed to have standardized read/write access across network
shares, was to create a profile in the iSeries AND in Windows domain, that have
EXACTLY the same login credentials on both sides. For illustration, we'll call
it NETUSER....

Now, before you try to read or write through the QNTC filesystem, you need to
use the QSYGETPH, QWTSETP, and QSYRLSPH api's to do the following:

Get the CURRENT profile handle (OldProfHdl)....
Get the NETUSER profile handle (NewProfHdl)
Swap the job to NewProfHdl

Do your read/write via IFS /QNTC/......

Swap the job to OldProfHdl
Release NewProfHdl
Release OldProfHdl

Now, ensure that each of the network shares that you need to access will allows
access to the NETUSER profile.

Easy, right?

Let me know if you need more...
Eric

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Booth Martin
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 5:04 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Writing to a Windows server instead of to the IFS


Writing to a Windows server instead of to the IFS

Scott Klement's programs for writing CSV files to the IFS is pretty
spiffy and an emotional lift! Man, its a nice feeling to map the IFS to
my PC and open a csv file with Open Office with no file transfers, etc.

It raises the obvious question however. Can we also write directly to a
Windows server? And, if so, how do we submit the User/password?



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