Re: FTP/S and SFTP.

The key exchange (public/private key pair) is used for data
encryption/decryption. If you also have an entry in .ssh/known_hosts for their
computer, then authentication is based on the .known_hosts entry. If there is
no entry there, then userid/password is used for authentication.

John McKee

Quoting Jerry Draper <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

My understanding is that sFTP on the iSeries only works with a key
exchange file and not with a userid/passord (in batch mode which would
be the goal here).

I am also working with Wells Fargo to automate the pickup of a
lockbox. They do NOT do key exchange sFTP and so only FTPs is possible.

JErry


Quoting Dave Odom <Dave.Odom@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:

Scott, and other gurus,

Well, we've had some discussion with Wells Fargo and as much as they
support FTP/S, they say, in their experience with i shops, it is
better to use SFTP. So, the bottom line question is, "How do I do
it"... using a userid and password and no certificate, via a REXX
program I'll schedule to run, in batch, at a certain time each day,
without using any Windoz client software or other interactive
software?

When I asked back in August about FTP/S vs. SFTP, someone questioned
why SFTP would only be used with a userid and password that has to
be changed every 60 days and not with a certificate. The answer
is: Because that's the way Wells Fargo wants to do it and that's
their system.

I've already created a REXX program to take our bank draft file and
put a Wells Fargo specifically formatted first row in the file I'm
going to send, but now I need to expand my REXX EXEC to call SFTP
and send the file.

Thanks in advance for your help,

Dave
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