ftp from VAX to HP-UX password problem

[jerry1]

A developer here is trying to ftp from a
VAX to HP-UX. If his password on HP-UX NIS
has any upper case letters in it. He cannot
login to any of the HP-UX servers.

SMDLAC> ftp host1
220 host1 FTP server (Version 1.1.214.4(PHNE_30432) Thu Feb 26 10:46:14 GMT 2004) ready.
_Username : user1
331 Password required for user1.
_Password:
530 Login incorrect.
%TCPWARE_FTP-E-LOGINFAIL, failed login attempt as username user1
-TCPWARE-I-REPLY, server's reply was "530 Login incorrect."
221 Goodbye.

[A. Clay Stephenson · Accepted solution]

This has to be a problem with the VAX ftp client and that is where you should concentrate your efforts. One thing that does occur to me (although it should have no effect) is to make certain the case mapping is off begin issueing the user commnd. I would issue a case command immediately after starting the ftp client. Case mapping should only apply to filename but I didn't write the VAX ftp client so ... .

I would also look for any special features or "improvements" that the VAX ftp client offers.

[TwoProc]

I agree that it's probably a bug in the client.
Since there are two ways to pass a password to ftp; try the other one.

You can either ftp to a site and let it ask for the password, or you can pass the site name, username, and password from the command line.

I don't know which way he/she is trying to connect (my guess is that he/she is letting the server ask), but trying the other one may invoke a separate code chunk for parsing and/or passing the password, which just might get you past this until you figure out the real issue.

[Steven Schweda]

Yes, it sure looks like a problem with the
FTP client. You could try asking in the VMS
forum. I'm not a TCPware user, but this
seems like an unlikely problem. Is the FTP
client being run interactively by a real
user, or is it being fed by some command
procedure from DCL (which could easily spoil
the case of (unquoted) command-line
parameters)?

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

If the ftp server works for other ftp clients, then its probably the VAX client. It might be also some kind of networking issue on the VAX system, but thats low probability/

Is it possible to use an ssh/sftp client on the VAX machine? Or patch it?

SEP

[jerry1]

The syntax on VAX is:

ftp host user "passwd"

The quotes prevent the vax from converting
to lower case according to the help in
ftp on the vax.

[Jan van den Ende]

Jerry,

a potential interesting question:

What version of VMS?
$ show system /noprocess
or
$ write sys$output("version")

The "Version 1.1...." makes me fear that Fred Flintstone may have used it before you..


Proost.

Have one on me.

jpe

[jerry1]

Oh yah. Very old.

VAX/VMS version V5.5-2