Re: Setup as400 to accept ftped text files from a customer into an ifs folder.

[Russ Khoury <rkhoury@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi John:

Here's the setup I established for my client (anyone chime in with 
improvements/faults):
1. I created an FTP exit point pgm (actually 2) for login and control - 
the login one logs the access, the control version limits the FTP 
commands the user can run.
2. I created separate user profile for them, gave them a home directory, 
and set a limit on the maximum storage they can use
3. I created this home directory for this profile and granted them access.
4. I also changed the FTP Initial name format to *PATH and initial 
directory *HOME - thus when the user logs in, is automatically put in 
this directory.

While I haven't used this technique, I recall reading that there was a 
way to monitor a directory/folder for when a file "arrives" - I usually 
have the files processed manually

Hope this helps.

Russ Khoury
AS/400 Software Developer/Consultant
Paul Russell Associates, Inc.




John Rusling wrote:
> I'd like to allow a customer to ftp a text file to the ifs of our iSeries.
> This would come in from outside the firewall.
>
> I know i'll need to setup a user profile and password for them as well as provide
> them with the ip address of the 400. (and let them in thru the firewall)
>
> Thats' about all i know.
>
> How/where can i set this up so that when they send something it always goes
> into the same ifs folder?  ie; lock them out of changing folders etc or specifying
> a different directory, specifically like /qsys.lib/**** etc.
>
> What are things to look out for, gotchas etc?  Is there 'some' best practice for
> doing this to limit any possible security breaches?
>
> Thanks for any help, direction or good reading recommendations.
>
> John B.
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