I was told Valence should be using the logged in user's profile (not QTMHHTTP or QTMHHTP1)... many times I can debug jobs by the actual user.
Our Windows server requires MFA for a user to logon... so I'm not sure if that plays are role here or not.
You are the second person to suggest using NFS share... I can see how to do that on the Active Directory server, but how do I setup the "NFS client" on the IBM i?
That may be the ticket.
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From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Richard Schoen
Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 9:52 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Apache Alias and QNTC directory
Windows permissions.
I'm guessing Valance uses CGI and those jobs are generally run under a profile that won't have access to a Windows directory.
Might want to consider using NFS shares instead. (The same Windows shares can also be enabled for NFS)
Otherwise you may have to set your Apache jobs to run as a real Windows user with a matching network password.
There is also the SAMBA PASE command which can be used to copy file if you've installed the SAMBA server.
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message: 3
date: Thu, 4 May 2023 13:09:50 +0000
from: Greg Wilburn <gwilburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Apache Alias and QNTC directory
I have opened a case with IBM for the following... but I thought I would ask the group.
I have an application running in Apache (CNX Valence)... I wish to open a PDF file from within the application. This works fine if the file resides in an IFS directory. However, I would like to store the PDF files in a directory on our windows server instead.
So I setup the following:
The Windows network share: //totalbizsvr2/Compliance On the IBM i : MKDIR '/QNTC/totalbizsvr2/compliance'
I can see the files in the server directory using WRKLNK on the green screen
In the Apache config, I've added the following directives:
# Compliance Files on TOTALBIZSVR2 alias Alias /compliance /QNTC/totalbizsvr2/compliance <Directory /QNTC/totalbizsvr2/compliance>
Order Allow,Deny
allow from all
</Directory>
When I attempt to access a PDF file in the directory from Apache instance, I receive:
HTTP 403: Forbidden - by rule
You do not have permission to access /compliance/templates/Test.pdf on this server.
If I move the same PDF to an IFS directory and add the corresponding Apache directive, everything works as expected.
Is there something with QNTC that disallows access from Apache? Is there another config option I'm missing?
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