Re: FTP commands issue

[Steve McKay <samckay1@xxxxxxxxx>]

Security software on IBM I?  WRKREGINF and check the FTP exit points.

Check for authority failures in QAUDJRN ( journal type T  AF).

Thanks,

Steve McKay
205-585-8424
samckay1@xxxxxxxxx


On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 7:08 PM mlazarus <mlazarus@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>   I am running into a situation where an FTP session to a client's i,
> where some commands work and others fail.
>
> - Connection is via a VPN.
> - FTP client is the basic Windows FTP.EXE, run in a DOS box.
> - I'm able to connect and sign in using a QSECOFR level profile.
> - Basic commands like CD, LCD, BIN, PWD work fine.
> - Commands that access data like LS, DIR, GET, PUT have up the session
> for a while and then times out:
>
> ftp> ls
> 200 PORT subcommand request successful.
> 425 Not able to open data connection.
>
> - According to the network admin all ports for my connection are open.
> - FTP to other machines from this PC work fine.
>
>   Any idea what might be causing this?  Or how to debug it?  TIA.
>
>   -mark
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