RE: Another STRPCCMD question

[john e <jacobus1968@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe that STRPCCMD cant get access to the IFS if you're not already logged into that system, e.g. with explorer. So you have to log in first (with explorer) and then STRPCCMD (or rather the DOS program) can access the IFS.

jacobus



> Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 10:32:48 -0600
> Subject: Re: Another STRPCCMD question
> From: nickmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> I have more details on my situation. The actual message that is being
> displayed is:
>
> There was an error opening this document. Access Denied.
>
> I have attempted to open a spreadsheet using STRPCCMD. I get an "Access
> Denied" message. This would lead me to believe that the user profile does
> not have the proper authority to the IFS even though they are the owner as
> well as having *OBJMGT authority to the objects themselves.
>
> This user has the following special authorities assigned to their profile
> of *JOBCTL and *SPLCTL. Is there something else I could get added to their
> authorities to get this to work?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nick W. Mart
>
>
> > I have run into another opportunity with using the following statement
> > from within an RPGLE program.
> >
> > strpccmd pccmd('start acrord32.exe \\ip address\tmp\mypdf.pdf')
> > pause(*yes)
> >
> > This seemed to work well until one user tried the program using a Vista
> > installation. They got an error message when Acrobat reader tried to open
> > the document. The error message was something like this.
> >
> > Adobe reader encountered an error while trying to open the document.
> > Access is denied.
> >
> > From the archive, I found that /tmp can be a bit of a problem. I copied
> > the document to another folder with the same results. I checked the
> > authorities on the document. The user is the owner.
> >
> > I have unchecked the Restrict rename and unlink secruity property of both
> > folders. Same results.
> >
> > I copied the document from iSeries Navigator to the Vista desktop. The
> > document opens without problem.
> >
> > Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Nick W. Mart
>
>
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