Re: Distribute file across wide area network

[Pete Hall <pbhall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:05 03/31/2003, Deon Reid wrote:
> I am running a JAVA program on the AS/400 that creates a PC Text file. I
> would like to send this file to a Windows server on the network. What
> methods are available to me to distribute it other than FTP?


I've been using the QNTC method that Vern mentioned. It works fine, but 
there are a few quirks. The NT box and the AS400 must be in the same 
domain, or user account validation will fail, and there doesn't seem to be 
a way around that. It's also necessary to have the user name and password 
be the same on the domain as on the AS400. There's a work-around for that 
though. It may also be necessary to "mount" the NT share on the AS400 by 
using the MKDIR command. It's supposed to happen automagically if the NT 
box is on the same subnet as the AS400. I don't know if that works or not 
(I'm not blessed with that situation). There are a couple of 
not-too-painful ways to make that happen too. All in all, It has made our 
data propagation problems a LOT more manageable. MUCH better than relying 
on client access, and even somewhat easier than FTP.


Pete Hall
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