Yes it certainly could be a firewall issue, Munif. DJ
--- DAVID JONES | MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR ZSYSTEMS SERVICES | z/VM, Linux, and Cloud 703.237.7370 (Office) | 281.578.7544 (CELL) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY [3] On 03.23.2018 8:06 AM, munif sadek wrote: > Thanks Alan / Steffen > > I have tried all combinations including /software/RHEL/ and still no Joy. > Its not only this Directory but for any directory, my IP trace shows > > Req: NLST /software/RHEL/. > Rsp: 550 No data sets found. > > FTP ERROR 550 could be Permission Denied or No such file or folder, I > do not have any message in my zOS FTPSERVER Log. Thinking of starting > FTP server trace. > > Could it be because our HMC is in Management layer and sits behind > firewall while zOS is in different network. > > regards Munif > > On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 9:51 PM, Alan Altmark <alan_altm...@us.ibm.com> > wrote: > On Friday, 03/23/2018 at 11:20 GMT, Steffen Maier <ma...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > wrote: HMC expects the directory, which contains some generic.ins, as path; > not the .ins file itself as path. It does search the .ins file within the > given path itself internally. You are right, Steffen, so the directory > specification should be just /software/RHEL/. The HMC will return a list of > all .ins files it finds in the specified directory, along with the > descriptive data from inside each .ins file. Alan Altmark Senior Managing > z/VM and Linux Consultant IBM Systems Lab Services IBM Z Delivery Practice > ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; > 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For > LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 [1] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ [2] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 [1] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ [2] Links: ------ [1] http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 [2] http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ [3] http://www.itconline.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/