Re: FTP Client Subcommand QUOTE

[Scott Klement <sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sender: Scott Klement <sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


Hello Werner,

The "RCMD" FTP capability on the iSeries FTP server is a non-standard
extension to the FTP protocol.  Most FTP servers, including the ones that
run on Linux, Unix, Windows, etc, do not have the ability to run remote
commands.

This is not part of FTPAPI, but rather is part of the FTP server that
you're running on your Linux machine.

Instead of trying to use FTP, perhaps you should consider enabling the
REXEC server on your Linux machine?  REXEC is a network protocol
that's designed specifically for running commands on another system.  Once
you've started the REXEC server on your Linux machine, you can run remote
commands using the RUNRMTCMD CL command, or by using the rexec()
API.

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Scott Klement  http://www.scottklement.com



On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Werner Noll wrote:
>
> I need to execute a program on a Linux-Box, which is connected by TCP/IP to
> my iSeries.
> I decided to do that by FTP and used Scott Klement's FTP APIs, in this case
> the "FTP_quote".
> When I try to performe a Linux-command (e.g. "LS") I always get the error
> "500 Unknown command".
> This also occurs when I use FTP in "classic style" without APIs.
> I tested the same on the iSeries FTP-Server. In this case I used the
> subcommand RCMD (e.g. RCMD DSPJOBLOG). This worked fine.
>
> What do I have to enter for executing a command on the Linux-Box? I didn't
> find any descriptions or examples.
> Can anyone give me a tip?
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