Logging in to FTP
If you correctly specify a foreign host with the FTP command, you are prompted to identify yourself. The following is a sample of the information that is displayed after you successfully invoke the FTP command with foreign_host correctly specified.
IBM FTP CS V1R5
FTP: using TCPCS
Connecting to: 9.67.113.37 port: 21.
220-FTPD1 IBM FTP CS V1R4 at vic135, 19:11:09 on 2003-01-15.
220 Connection will close if idle for more than 5 minutes.
NAME (9.67.113.37:USER10):
>>> USER USER10
331 Send password please.
PASSWORD:
>>> PASS
230 USER10 is logged on. Working directory is "/tmp".
Command
After successfully identifying yourself, you are prompted
for a password if the foreign host requires a password. If you enter
the password correctly, you are connected to the foreign host.Tips:
- You can use the data set NETRC to automatically provide user ID, password, and accounting information while logging in to a remote host. For information about using NETRC, see NETRC data set.
- You can respond to the NAME prompt with the same input that the FTP client accepts as arguments of the User subcommand. See User subcommand—Identify yourself to a host or change your TSO user ID password for more information about the User subcommand.
- You can respond to the PASSWORD prompt with the same input that the FTP client accepts as arguments of the PAss subcommand. See PAss subcommand—Supply a password for more information about the PAss subcommand.
Results:
- If you have enabled UTF-8 encoding of the control connection, the login sequence is different. See UTF-8 enabled control connection for more information.
- You might see one or more 230- replies while logging in to the
FTP server. These replies contain information about the current session.
Reply code 230 or 230- always indicates that you have successfully
logged in to the FTP server. However, the replies 230- sometimes
contain information about errors encountered while logging in. These
replies indicate errors in the z/OS® FTP server configuration files:
- 230- CWD cmd failed : reason
- 230- Unrecognized parameter parameter on SITE command
- 230- Unable to open FTPS.RC configuration file error information
- 230- Unrecognized command -cmd- entered
- 230- The message was truncated
- When the FTP Client API is invoked by an application program, ddnames associated with the application are not available to the created FTP client process and the handling of prompts from the client differs. See FTP client behavior when started by the FTP Client API information in z/OS Communications Server: IP Programmer's Guide and Reference for details.
For the procedure to enter the FTP environment using the FTP command, see Establishing and exiting a connection for more information.