Re: PROBLEM WITH V5R3 -- Can anybody suggest a way to . . .

[Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Would anybody happen to know of a way to determine model number, serial
> number, number of processors, number of LPARs, and current LPAR through an
> FTP connection?

No.  Why are you using FTP for this?  why not use something like TELNET or
REXEC?   I mean, you're always talking about how you've written a 5250
emulator.  Surely you could write a simple sockets program that that does
nothing more than log on, print some values to the screen, and return those
values?

You could implement a basic NVT or VT100 interface if you didn't want all
the overhead of implementing 5250.


> We have a small program we upload ahead of the product in our web-based
> installation utility, that retrieves that information (so a trial-period
> authorization code can be automatically generated and installed) and puts
> it into an escape message (using CPF9898), which was the only way I could
> find at the time for a program to return its output through an FTP
> connection.
>
> It works beautifully on V4R2 through V5R2. I think it may also work on
> V3R2. But on V5R3, it fails. Instead of
>
> >> ftp> quote rcmd call rtnmodser
> >> 550-Error occurred on command call rtnmodser.
> >> 550 Model  170    Serial  1047YBM    Processors 1    LPARS 01
> CurrPar 00
> >>     ***************.
> >> ftp>
>
> It comes back with
>
> >> ftp> quote rcmd call qgpl/rtnmodser
> >> 550-Error occurred on command call qgpl/rtnmodser.
> >> 550 Cause code is CPF9898; message text not available.
> >> ftp>
>
> Yet it works fine in a terminal session.

Frankly, you're using the wrong tool for the job.  FTP was never designed
to run commands -- the FTP standards do not include that capability.
Running a command is a proprietary IBM extension to the protocol.   Then,
to expect errors that the command generates to be returned in a particular
manner?  Even though it's not documented to do so?  That seems like a
kludge to me.

FTP was never designed for this.  Use the right tool for the job.

If you MUST use FTP, then generate a file and download it.  That's what
FTP is designed for -- downloading files.