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Question
How can I get the FTP server to send detailed login failure replies to an FTP client?
Answer
The FTP server returns minimal information to the client when the PASS command fails. However, you can configure the FTP server to send additional information by coding ACCESSERRORMSGS TRUE in FTP.DATA. This directs the server to reply to the client with detailed login failure data. The reply might report server errors, such as failing function calls with diagnostic return codes. It might report user errors, such as an expired or incorrect password or password phrase, an unknown user ID, or a revoked user ID. You should not code ACCESSERRORMSGS TRUE in FTP.DATA if you do not want to share this type of information with users logging in to FTP.
You can capture the same information in syslog by coding FTPLOGGING TRUE and ANONYMOUSFTPLOGGING TRUE in FTP.DATA. You can also turn on the DEBUG option called ACC to log the error messages in the syslog.
Product Synonym
ZOSCS COMMSERVER
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11 August 2017
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