> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Doherty > Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 7:40 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: FTP Initial Directory > > > On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:13:24 -0500, Charles Mills > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >He still has to CREATE a starting directory for a horde of > PC users who may > >have no use for one. > > > >Interesting question: what happens if the starting directory > doesn't exist? > > > >Charles > > > > > > > I don't understand, if They have no use for one why do you > need to create > or change them? > Our users default to their user Id's and issue the CD command > if needed or > change profile if Id is also TSO capable. >
There are two possibilities for a "home directory" in z/OS ftp. The first is an MVS or "legacy" home, which is simply the user's RACF id. In this case, there is no such thing as "doesn't exist" and so you question is not meaningful. Normally RACF user's have their RACF qualified datasets in a user catalog. However, if not, then they default to the master catalog. If the user has no datasets, then an "ls" would report "no datasets". If the user tries to upload, then the dataset will either be catalogued in the master catalog (if they have UPDATE access to it), or the upload will fail with a security error if they do not have at least UPDATE access to the master catalog. The second is if you have specified STARTDIRECTORY HFS in the TCPIP FTP server's configuration. In this case, when the user connects to the ftp server on z/OS, the ftp will start up in the HFS directory specified in the user's RACF OMVS segment. Now, I just tested, on z/OS 1.6, the scenario where this directory does not exist. In this case, an error is logged to the UNIX syslog (not the z/OS SYSLOG that we all know and love). I get a message like: RA1424 pass: chdir() failed on /CRAP - EDC5129I No such file or directory. (errno2=05190050) And end up back in the MVS "legacy" world. What I see on the client side is: 230 XXXXXX is logged on. Working directory is "XXXXXX" -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
