FTP Enhancements

STUFF & Bits

Here are some sample ftp:// and http:// that can show you some of the ways that people can now access the AS/400 from a web client. Look very closely at the URL before you select the hypertext link.

1. By coding an FTP exit point we can allow access to our library called ITSOIC400. The web client should use the userid of anonymous and your password needs to be a valid e-mail address. All this is enforced with the exit program.
   • Please get me a simple listing of the ITSOIC400 library.
   • Please get me a works for netscape, but not OS/2.
   • Please get me a simple listing of the ITSOIC400 library, but have the anonymous userid already filled in.
   • All of the above, but please specify a full userid and password.
   • Now, let's download a file directly to the PC without showing the entire library. Take a look at the file on the PC. Hmmm, it looked OK on the EBCDIC AS/400...
   • Stop wasting my time. Let's download the EBCDIC file in ASCII right away.
2. And, now let's see what can be done using the HTTP protocol.
   • This first example will not work. The reason is that we do not have a pass statement to allow the HTTP server to access the library ITSOIC400.
   • But, the HTML file in ITSOIC400 does have a pass statement, so it can be served.
   • How about for something out of the root directory? Try to download some of the GIFs and HTML just for fun.
   • If a welcome.htm file (as defined in the HTTP configuration) is found in a directory...it is automatically served to the client without even being specifically called for. Check out how the "killer application" starts right up.

Agenda

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