On Wednesday, 09/13/2006 at 01:24 AST, Walter Farrell/Poughkeepsie/[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 9/13/2006 12:45 PM, McKown, John wrote: > > Yes, they do. I didn't phrase it very well. My arthritis is acting up > > big time and my typing is suffering. But they don't get any "warning" > > and a few people (ftp users) are complaining. WAD is the best that I can > > give them. > > Are they complaining about the lack of warning, or are they not aware > that they can change their password during the ftp authentication process?
A gender-neutral automated FTP client would not be able to deal with an expired password as there is nothing in the FTP protocol that deals with user password expiry or administration. Humans can read the returned text and see it telling them about old/new/new (or whatever). For an automated process, I'd use non-expiring passwords and an encrypted FTP control connection to avoid the problem (while creating another), all waiting for the day I can login to FTP using SSL/TLS telnet Express Logon-like technology and avoid passwords altogether. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
