Re: IBM i access to Windows folders

Doug

I've been dealing with such problems (placing files on Windows directories)
for years.

For QNTC to work you need the IBMi user and password to have identical user
& password on the Windows domain.
If you syncronize these (or use SSO) then it should work fine.

in case you don't ,
create a special "for copy" user & password on the i and in windows (having
the same password) and do the copy to Windows by SBMJOB setting the USER
parameter to that special "for copy" user.
like in SBMJOB CMD(CPY
OBJ(/IFS_FILE) TOOBJ(/QNTC//Windows_Server/Target_Directory/File_Name)
USER(USER4COPY)

HTH
Gad





date: Mon, 9 Aug 2021 14:46:22 -0500
from: DEnglander--- via MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: IBM i access to Windows folders

I have looked at using QNTC for this, but it looks like it won't work. I
know this can be done, but am not sure of the specifics.

I have an RPG program that creates a spool file. The RPG is called using a
CL. The RPG creates a PDF of the spool file, and stores it on the IFS.

I want to be able to copy that PDF to a folder on a windows server using
the CL. This process will run interactively at first, but could run in
batch down the road. The process may also have to run in the S36
environment too.

We are on V7R3 and are fairly current on PTFs.

I have tried multiple times using QNTC and it seems I am getting an
authority message. From reading other's posts, it appears QNTC does not
handle mixed case passwords, which we use and would need I can connect to
this folder using windows explorer, and my IBM i user ID and password, so
I believe my authority is set correctly.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to get this to work? I remember at a
prior job, our iSeries had a few commands in the startup program that
mapped the windows folders and they could be accessed via iSeries jobs,
but I don't remember the specifics.

Thank you,

Doug