RE: Free FTP CL Command

["Paul Stagnoli" <stagnolip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bob!

I did roughly the same thing six months ago and looked at the same question. I 
looked at using a data area to store the user-id and password and then realized 
I was using FTP. How hard did I want to work to protect a password that is sent 
in the clear on the network anyway?

Something to think about...

Paul

> ------------------------------
> 
> message: 6
> date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 14:32:34 -0600
> from: "Bob Cozzi" <cozzi@xxxxxxxxx>
> subject: Free FTP CL Command
> 
> I just finished a simple CL command that interfaces with 
> OS/400 FTP to send
> files to another AS/400.
> The goal was to provide a CL-interface for sending a DB2 file via FTP,
> something like this:
>  
>   ===> FTPSNDFILE RMTSYS(RESCUE.COMPUDESIGNS.NET) 
> FILE(COZZILIB/QRPGLESRC) +
>               MBR(MYMBR) TOFILE(*FROMFILE) USER(BOBCOZZI) 
> PWD(PICKLES) +
>                  SRCFILE(RPGLAB/QFTPSRC) LOG(RPGLAB/QFTPSRC) 
> LOGMBR(FTPLOG)
> 
>     
> The command generates the FTP source script and then evokes 
> FTP to send the
> file.
> It works fine and I'm very, very happy with it.
> However.  the password parameter for the remote user's 
> password is set to
> DSPINPUT(*PROMPT) which means it will display the text that 
> is typed in, but
> does not keep it when Enter is pressed. So I have to re-key 
> it each and
> every time I run the command from command entry. Obviously I 
> could change
> the source, since I wrote it, but I also don't want my 
> passwords logged.
> So here's the question that I assumed would have a NO for the answer:
> Is there a way to retrieve and/or transmit a user's password 
> for an FTP
> session so that I don't have to require the end-user to enter 
> it each time
> they run the FTPSNDFILE command? I mean if they specify 
> USER(*CURRENT) is
> there a way I can also allow the PWD parm to default to PWD(*CURRENT)?
> I believe there is not, but since there are just too many 
> APIs available
> today, I thought I'd throw the question it out there.
> 
>  
> -Bob Cozzi
> www.RPGxTools.com
> If everything is under control, you are going too slow.
> - Mario Andretti

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