Here, I'd would tell the user that the best thing is for the authorized person to copy it to a sharepoint site and then authorize those who need access by their active directory ids. The windows credentials will allow them in without the reentering of a diff userid and pw.
Sigh... Not VM or Linux, I know :) I guess it could be samba share! Marcy Cortes "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation." -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Ackerman Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 9:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [IBMVM] FTP without a Password I got an email recently (EVERYTHING has been changed to protect the guilty): Subject: Feed replacement Attached is the current Data file. The file is ftp'd hourly to the following location: ftp open 10.1.10.2 username: PHONEY123 password: PHONEY123 cd PHONEY123.CEA1 get DATA.FILE I recognize the IP address as a VM system, so what this person has just = done is send me the userid and password of a VM userid. That, of course, = is against our information security rules. Before I complain though, I = wish I could offer an alternative. 1. We have anonymous FTP turned off, again by information security rules.= Even if we turned it on, this person would not be happy, since he/she doe= s not want to make the data available to everyone. (Although of course sending the password in email might have that effect.) 2. The reason for making it available by FTP is that it needs to be accessed from outside of VM. (z/OS, Unix, or a PC.) 3. The file is very large. They could not send it out via email; it would= be stripped off by our message limit. 4. They could put it on a web page. But there are userid and password requirements there, also. What do other shops do to make large VM files available to a limited audience without sending out a password? (FTP or not.) Alan Ackerman = = Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com
