Re: FTP logging issue

On 22 Oct 2012 14:23, Tom Hightower wrote:

So, my situation is normal as far as the iSeries FTP server is
concerned? And that's because the FTP server has already decided it
cannot fulfill the GET request (because of the non-existent file)
and thus is not calling the FTP exit program (which would only be
logging the request, in this case)?

That was my experience *as I recall* for both the FTP server and the FTP client, though I have *no ability* [no system on which] to verify that effect on any [modern or old] release. So, AFaIK... Yes. Situation Normal; though whether also AFU, I have no opinion ;-)

I expect that attempts to prove that your exit-program is not being called for requests [that are either gibberish instead of valid FTP subcommands or] for which the valid FTP subcommand refers to a non-existent [or unauthorized] object, will be fruitful; despite the likely preference\desire being the opposite :-Q I suspect that both a trace and debug by SEP breakpoint will show that the exit-program was not called for such requests. I expect that additional testing [beyond just the one specific GET request] would confirm that the exit-program will not be called at the request validation exit point whenever the FTP server\client has already decided that the request should be rejected; i.e. not just because the object name specified on the valid FTP subcommand request did not exist, but because a request is gibberish, that the user is not authorized, and possibly even if the data can not be allocated.

Regards, Chuck