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Thu, 8 Sep 2005 14:59:23 -0400
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Really?  

I don't recall building it.

Would it be buried in any config job stream that I may have run
following instructions?

Would it be buried in some set up instructions to copy it from a @SAMP@
file?

Tracy Johnson
Measurement Specialties, Inc. 

BT







NNNN


> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Hofmeister [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 1:13 PM
> To: Johnson, Tracy; [log in to unmask]
> Subject: can ping, but can't ftp
> 
> 
> Hello Tracy,
> 
> FYI:
> 
> A SETPARMS.arpa.sys file has never been included in a FTP 
> patch or an O.S. 
> release.   This file specifically needs to be build by a 
> system manager.
> 
> The functionality of "PASSWORD=ON/OFF" was a feature added to enhance 
> security by restricting logon in the case where "no" MPE 
> password is present 
> on a USER.ACCOUNT logon.   This enhancement goes in hand with 
> a customers 
> implementation of security/3000 passwords (instead of MPE 
> passwords) or 
> option logon udc's into an application with passwords (instead of MPE 
> passwords) and prevents this USER.ACCOUNT from being accessed 
> with FTP.
> 
> If a "PASSWORD=ON" entry is not found in the 
> SETPARMS.ARPA.SYS file created 
> by a system manager, then the default is "PASSWORD=OFF" 
> (security feature 
> disabled).
> 
> Regards,
> 
> James Hofmeister
> Email: <first>.<last>@hp.com
> Hewlett Packard - Global Solutions Engineering (WTEC)
> P.S. My Ideals are my own, not necessarily my employers.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Johnson, Tracy" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 12:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] can ping, but can't ftp
> 
> 
> Anything in your SETPARMS.ARPA file?
> Anything in your FTPUSERS.ARPA file?
> Anything in your FTPACCES.ARPA file?
> 
> (Although these files would let your user get as far as a 
> user prompt, I'd think.)
> 
> It hit us the other day when one of our interal users (who 
> only had a Security/3000 password) couldn't use FTP because 
> password is set to "ON" in SETPARMS (defaulted somewhere 
> ostensibly between any of the upgrades between 6.5 and 7.5.)  
> Those of us who also had MPE passwords never noticed because 
> behavior never changed.
> 
> Tracy Johnson
> Measurement Specialties, Inc.
> 
> BT
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> NNNN
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On 
> > Behalf Of Greg Terterian
> > Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 11:51 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] can ping, but can't ftp
> >
> >
> > I have customers from all over the world logging to my 
> system via FTP 
> > and transfer files back and forth.  There is this one specific 
> > customer, who  used to logon and do FTP.  However since we 
> changed our 
> > DSL (supposedly  upgraded to a faster one - which of course changed 
> > our IP address) they get timeout when they try to FTP to our site.
> >
> > Around at that time they installed a firewall at their 
> site, but they 
> > swear that they are not blocking our site.  And here is the strange 
> > part:
> >
> > I can go to their site and ping any one of my customers and 
> actually 
> > be able
> > to use FTP to go to those customers.   I can ping our  site 
> from their
> > machine without any problem as well, but the minute I go to 
> ftp  and 
> > try to open our site... it sits there for 3-5 minutes and 
> than comes 
> > back  with timeout message.  It seems it is only my site 
> that their HP 
> > is having  problem to connect to.  Can the problem be at my site?
> >
> > Any help, comments or directions will be appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you in advance
> > Greg Terterian
> >
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