PQ02284: FTP RETURN CODE 99000 READING A NETRC FILE THAT HAS DATA IN UPPER CASE

APAR status

• Closed as user error.

Error description

• FTP RETURN CODE 99000 is seen when reading in a NETRC file
  that has upper cased data and works fine when in MIXED or
  LOWER case. This problem only occurs when going to the name
  server and works fine when the IP address is used.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• This APAR is being closed as a USER error.
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  The customer invoked an FTP batch job to run an EXEC that
  invokes FTP. The job contained a DD statement for a
  NETRC.DATA file. The NETRC.DATA file contained an entry
  for the host that FTP was to connect to. This entry in the
  NETRC.DATA file contained the userid and the password to be
  used for the FTP login.
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  The customer also provided the userid and password as input
  to FTP via the stack.
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  FTP used the NETRC.DATA information to log the user on. It
  then attempted to use the stacked userid as a command. This
  resulted in the "Unknown command:  ..." message. Since the
  "(EXIT" parameter was specified, FTP then exited with a return
  code of 99000.
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  If the NETRC.DATA file is used to provide information for
  automated FTP operation, the data provided by the NETRC.DATA
  file can not be additionally provided via the stack or any
  other input stream that FTP might use.
  

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

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