On 3/11/98 Donna Garverick wrote:
> "Is anyone running into trouble with the subject combination
> when connecting to a 'foreign' system? I guess 'foreign'
> means not mpe and not unix."
Yes Donna, there was a major problem with an upgrade to FTP (FTPEDR3) on
5.5 EXPRESS-3 back in November. I'm going to paste in the 12/97 HP3000-L
dialog that describes the problem. Note that Mark Bixby (W3716091)
actually found the problem before I did. I reported the problem to the
HPRC (A4947511) and have gotten great help from Charles Chang. He had the
lab mail me a patch (FTPFD06A) on 2/23/98 - I hope to get it installed this
week and test it. I'm still on Express-3, minus the "@[log in to unmask]" files
that were the culprit. If you've upgraded to EXP-3 and you want to get
back to the old (working) FTP, you must restore the 7 files in
@[log in to unmask] to their pre-Exp3 (Mpe 5.5) state. Since the Patch Charles
sent me is a "Beta", I'm sure the problem still exists in P.Patch4, as it
seems you have confirmed.
Anyway, here's the paste from early 12/97 describing the problem:
"To: Charles Chang , HPRC
Hi Charles, *12/8/97*
As you requested, this is detail info. about the problem we're
having with the Mpe/iX 5.5 EXPRESS-3 FTP "GET" command.
This processed was working fine under MPE/ix 5.0. I upgraded
to 5.5 Express-3 using Patch/iX on 11/27, all in one day.
A. The HP3000 JCL file:
======================
! COMMENT Run HP3000 FTP to copy flat file WEEKPAY.txt
! COMMENT from the DELL Win/NT SERVER to the HP3000:
! PURGE ATSHOURS
! RUN FTP.ARPA.SYS
open 192.192.192.16
user administrator
dxxx2199
:comment 'ats2hp' = ftp alias for "kpserver2\\ATS-HP Files\ats2hp"
:comment ...You set this via "IIS ver 3.0 Administrator" on Kpserver1.
cd ats2hp
dir
:comment "weekpay.txt" is built by ATS Powerbuilder pgm
get weekpay.txt atshours;rec=-84,,f,ascii
close
exit
! CONTINUE
! LISTF ATSHR@,2
B. A "DEBUG" of the FTP GET problem
==============================
ftp.arpa.sys
File Transfer Protocol [A0008E27] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 1990
ftp> open 192.192.192.16
220 proxy Microsoft FTP Service (Version 3.0).
Connected to 188.192.192.16. (FTPINFO 40)
Name(mgr): administrator
331 Password required for administrator.
Password:
230 User administrator logged in.
Remote system type is Windows_NT.
ftp> debug
Debugging on (debug=1). (FTPINFO 24)
ftp> cd ats2hp
---> CWD ats2hp
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> dir
---> PORT 188,192,192,1,193,11
200 PORT command successful.
---> LIST
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
12-02-97 08:55PM 421752 ATSPTS.TXT
01-20-97 10:33PM 118 PAYROLL.TXT
12-02-97 09:55PM 222 salesord
12-02-97 09:56PM 4182 test
12-02-97 08:52PM 64989 Weekpay.txt
249 bytes received in 0.12 seconds (2.08 Kbytes/sec), 0.017 FTP CPU seconds
ftp> get weekpay.txt week48;rec=-84,,f,ascii
---> RNFR weekpay.txt
550 weekpay.txt: Access is denied. <===========
Data Transfer Request Failed. (FTPERR 13) <===========
ftp> close
---> QUIT
221
ftp> exit
C. HP3000 Environment
===================
HP937rx 96MB - Susan# 1440176281 Handle: KPS1
MPE/iX 5.5 Express-3, including patch FTPEDR3.
D. WIN/NT Server Configuration
========================
TCP/IP Ethernet LAN
Clients: Windows/95
Servers:
a. KPSERVER1 ip=192.192.192.16 Primary domain Controller
b. KPSERVER2 ip=192.192.192.17 Runs Payroll Time-Card Applic.
Both are Dell Pentium-Pro's running Win/NT version 4.0 Service-Pack 1.
KPSERVER1 is the "FTP" server, running as service under IIS ver 3.0.
Note that we use an ALIAS (using IIS Administrator) on our "kpserver1",
our Primary Domain Controller, to point (via 'cd' command) to a folder on
"kpserver2" where the payroll file resides in "kpserver2\\ATS-HP Files\a
ts2hp".
Ie, the Win/NT FTP Server runs under IIS on kpserver1, and it points to the
file to "GET" on kpserver2 via an "ALIAS". Curiously, the GET WILL WORK
if you do not use an alias (ie, if the from file is in the root dir. of
Kpserver1).
Thanks again for your help, Charles. I hope today to get our HP3000
reverted back to vanilla 5.5, before the Exp3 patch "FTPEDR3". *12/7/98*
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