Re: Free FTP CL Command

["Carel Teijgeler" <coteijgeler@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bob,

Validation Lists come to mind. There are a number of APIs for those lists; I do 
not know how easy or cumbersome they are to use in CLPs. Of course the data 
have to bestored somehow, as well.

It may be seen as misusing those lists, as, I assume, those are used for 
incoming requests in exit programmes. As this is an outgoing request it can be 
used.

Regards,
Carel Teijgeler

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On 18-3-05 at 14:32 Bob Cozzi wrote:

>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.