RE: HELP!! FTP has a major glitch!!! -- MIDRANGE-L

Title: RE: HELP!! FTP has a major glitch!!!

"quote time xxxx"

where xxxx is the number of seconds you want the connection to stay open.

-----Original Message-----
From: tkennedy@harcourt.com [mailto:tkennedy@harcourt.com]
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 2:07 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: RE: HELP!! FTP has a major glitch!!!

Gary,

Thanks for your reply.

The Process is using the AS/400 FTP client to put a file on a unix server over a
VPN. Every once in a while the connection is lost between the server and the
client. When this happens the AS/400 FTP client hangs for 600 seconds.... while
this session is hanging... no other users can access the web site.

This only happens with AS/400 FTP client.... I tried countless others and each
one allows you to set the time-out value at the client level.

My question is --> Is there a equivalent command for the AS/400 FTP client?

Thanks,

Tom Kennedy

"Gary R. Patterson" <midrange-l@nexsource.com> on 09/22/2000 01:21:12 PM

Please respond to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com

To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
cc: (bcc: Tom Kennedy/ICS/SCR/HARCOURT)

Subject: RE: HELP!! FTP has a major glitch!!!

I am pretty sure that that timeout is a server-side setting, not a client
setting. I don't think this is a glitch.

By the way, "TIME" is not a standard FTP subcommand - it is AS/400-specific
(maybe supported by other IBM FTP servers?)

Try "QUOTE SITE IDLE" to display the current settings on some (most?) Unix
FTP servers (of course, check the docs for your particular FTP server to
find the correct way to change the session timeout and default timeout.)

QUOTE HELP SITE - to get a list of valid server SITE commands
QUOTE SITE HELP IDLE - to get help on the server SITE IDLE command
QUOTE SITE IDLE <newtimeout> is pretty standard syntax.

<MOUNTSOAPBOX>
This isn't exactly the proper channel for asking questions of IBM - if you
want an answer from them, you should probably call Support Line.
</MOUNTSOAPBOX>

Just for curiosity's sake, how does this lock up your web site?

Gary R. Patterson
NexSource, Inc.

980 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1400
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 214-3526

640 W. Main St.
Louisville, KY 40202
(502) 581-0106

Information technology services for business
http://www.nexsource.com

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
[mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of tkennedy@harcourt.com
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 9:57 AM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: HELP!! FTP has a major glitch!!!

On the AS/400 server you have the ability to reset the inactivity and the
transfer time-out values, please see below:

quote time 25 25 (this will reset the inactivity value and the transfer
value to
25 seconds on the server)

BUT!!! You can't do this on the FTP client, so if your connection breaks the
client will hang for 600 seconds(10 Minutes)!!!!!, and you can't
reset the values as far as I know.... !!

Now I have this SUN/Unix throwing this in my face!! because every time our
AS/400 FTP client hangs so does our web site for 10 MINUTES!!!!!

If someone knows how to reset these time-out values... PLEASE respond
ASAP...

That includes YOU IBM!!!

Thanks in advance,

Tom Kennedy

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