We're apparently unable to use ftp through our firewall because the MPE client
does not display the remote host password prompt -- rather it prompts
immediately for the firewall password.  Here's how it looks:

File Transfer Protocol [A0008T34] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 1990
ftp> open jazz.external.hp.com
220 Secure Gateway FTP server ready.
Connected to jazz.external.hp.com (192.6.38.5).  (FTPINFO 40)
Name(manager): anonymous myuser    <--- ('myuser' is the firewall
                                    account ID)
331 Password required for destination user 'anonymous'.

Password: <-- (this should appear to accept the remote host login password
               but it does not; instead, the Gateway Password prompt, below
               appears ...)

332 Enter Gateway Password (use the 'account' command to respond)
Account: mypassword  <--- (firewall account password)
530 Access denied.
RECEIVED A GRACEFUL RELEASE OF THE CONNECTION.  (SOCKERR 68)
ftp>

If I enter only the 'anonymous' user ID without the firewall account ID, the
prompts display correctly, but I'm unable to determine how to respond to the
"Account:" prompt.  Our server folks say it must be an MPE/iX ftp client
anomaly, because they always use the former syntax from any other client.  If
our ftp client truly works this way, why does the MPE/iX client have to be
non-standard?  It's getting more difficult to defend MPE/iX as a viable OS when
it appears to be the "odd man out".

Can anyone clarify how this should work?
TIA,
----
Lee Gunter                    The Regence Group
Supervisor, TRG HP/MPE Systems     503.375.4498
----
Opinions expressed are solely mine.





From: "DOVANO,MICHAEL (HP-Cupertino,ex1)" <[log in to unmask]> on 01/13/2000
      01:40 PM

Please respond to "DOVANO,MICHAEL (HP-Cupertino,ex1)" <[log in to unmask]>


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Subject:  Re: [HP3000-L] 6.0 Express 1 Alert -- Important




You can get the latest version of Patch/iX for 6.0 (B.01.03) from Jazz:

Web download:
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http://jazz.external.hp.com, then to the Freeware page, and download with
the "save as" option.


Anonymous ftp access:
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(from INSTALL.SYS),
> open jazz.external.hp.com

login: anonymous
p/w: you e-mail address

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