Hi Friends,

I explored almost all the discussed topics for this reason but nothing worked for me.

Recently we have disabled ftp port of our AIX server because of security reasons. Some users are still using ASCII mode.

I am facing issues while using client2server as it is getting hanged because it internally uses ftp. Also client2server cant be used in jobs.

Can anybody tell any alternate for downloading file to client or may be any example of file.mv.across.hosts function?

Thanks in Advance.

regards,

-Suhas

Hi,

Is "Shared folder" an option for you? You can put a file on a folder that is shared. The server can copy the file there and the client can take it by activating a copy script.

- George

If u disable ftp port,the server2client also will not work. Please clarify on following matters .

1. Do u use server based program editor (like VI ). Client based program editor too may not be working .
2. Do u use server based direct or wondows server printing . Print devices such as baan2notepad , baan2excel, windows client printing may not work.

Oops, we were also planning to stop the ftp services. This is a very bad news!

Günther

Thanks for responce.

George - I think shared folder will not use in client2server.

Hitesh - I just would like to copy 2 files from server to client PC.

Gunther - Yes..its really bad news.

Thanks

-Suhas

When default ftp port 21 is disabled or blocked , programs/functions running on default FTP port will not work e.g. server2client or client2server . So u need to configure another port for FTP routine legitimate FTP work (like 2 files u want to transfer). For that purpose u need to write ftp scripts (bat / shell scripts ) to work on configured ftp port.

As far as baan is concerned , many programs (standard &/or customized ) use server2client and client2server. These programs may not work if u disable ftp port . U need to take Infor help to understand how u can accomplish this easily.

Thanks Hitesh for valueable inputs.

But is there any other alternates? Or do you have any example of file.mv.across.hosts function?

Regards,

-Suhas

Dear Suhas,

My observations are not empirical ie I have not experienced such things bcos i dont have such requirement . So please confirm / reject the observations with elaboration . That will help all others on the board while u take help from the board.

I have experience of remote copy across unix servers for which there is sample code already posted on this board few years back . Source - destination needs to be prefixed with server name and exclamation mark. For windows also it should work. U can try UNC naming . For drive letters u can try C$ .

That's all. I dont have any tested samples for windows .

Again posts the results of ur actions when u r finished . The board can expect at least that much from u .

Hitesh,

Thanks...I will follow elaboration part.

However, I am not sure sample code will work for me or not, since its different scenario (we have blocked ftp port). And as I wrote we are having AIX OS not windows.

Will update my solution..soon.

However, I am not sure sample code will work for me or not, since its different scenario (we have blocked ftp port). And as I wrote we are having AIX OS not windows.


File copy in ttdllfilehand works for sure for remote server copy. It's tested on unix (solaris servers) .It does not use ftp protocol / ports. It uses remote copy (rcp OS command) . If source and target both are on aix servers , it will work for sure.