Alan, thanks for the reply. 
My FTPSERVE was already setup with the correct posix params.  I am
trying to FTP to FTPSERVE (on VM) from a Linux guest on an IFL.  I would
be issuing a PUT filename.filetype from the Linux guest.
Sorry if I didn't make that clear in the first posting.
All that being said, I am still unable to do a PUT.
Steve

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Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 10:49 PM
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Subject: Re: more ftpserve stuff

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:54:05 -0400, Gentry, Stephen
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wrote:

>I have set up a bfs and am trying to ftp to it from a linux guest in an
>IFL.  
>
>I get the following message from Linux 
>
>450 Directory if temporarily unavailable, Access failure, RC=24
>
> 
>
>And from the FTPSERVE console I get:
>
>14:38:29 DMSACR2133E VMSYSY:LNXUDB. is a byte file system. It cannot be
>accessed
>
>14:38:29 DMSPCL389E Invalid filemode: ,           
   
>
> 
>
>Can I ftp to a BFS area?

Yes, but not with SFS syntax.

First you have to follow the setup instructions in "z/VM V5R3.0 TCP/IP
Pl
anning and 
Customization":

In order for FTP clients to access files and directories in the Byte
File
 System (BFS), the FTP server 
must be defined as a POSIX "superuser." To allow this capability, the
fol
lowing statement must be 
included in the CP directory:

        POSIXINFO UID 0 GID 0

See z/VM: OpenExtensions User's Guide and z/VM: CP Planning and
Administr
ation for more 
information about configuring the FTP server in this manner.

Second you have to use the correct syntax in "z/VM V5R3.0 TCP/IP User's
G
uide":

CD /../VMBFS:VMSYSY:LNXUDB/path/

GET file.name
etc.

The /../VMBFS: is a constant!

Alan Ackerman
Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com 

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