Thanks.   BACKG HELLO didn't work with FTP on 6.0.   I have the FTP patch
installed on a test system & will give VESOFT a call to see if it should
work with the patch.

Tom Genute



        -----Original Message-----
        From:   David Gale [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
        Sent:   Friday, March 10, 2000 11:12 AM
        To:     [log in to unmask]
        Subject:        Re: Creating an "FTP only" user

        I might add, that if you implement the BACKG job VESOFT will check
the
        logons without the UDCs. Also, look into the HELLO.DATA.VESOFT file.
This
        can be configured to allow/disallow a user from submitting a job
through
        FTP. In fact most of the bandwidth I have seen on this subject is
addressed
        in this file.

        I still like the UDC set to a number of seconds. Very nice touch!

        -----Original Message-----
        From: Ken Kirby [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
        Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 7:34 AM
        To: [log in to unmask]
        Subject: Re: Creating an "FTP only" user


        Actually this is a little easier than you might think, since IA is
not
        required to logon through FTP. So just set the user up with SF,BA
and that
        takes care of sessions.

        Unfortunately, you still have to do something to prevent folks from
        submitting jobs under the FTP logon. MPE won't let you set up a user
with
        neither BA nor IA.

        Personally, I think this is a security hole, since it allows someone
to
        logon to a "BA only" account using an interactive tool. However, in
this
        case, it could work to your advantage.

        --Ken Kirby
          Management Information Systems
          Vanderbilt University