PQ04788: A GET OF AN FBA FILE WITH SITE ASA SET, OE FTP SERVER IGNORES THE ASA PATH, AND PASSES PRINT CONTROL CHARS AS PLAIN TEXT DATA.

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• TCP/IP V3R3 OE FTP server not translating ASA correctly.
  
  OE FTP server is not translating FBA files correctly.  When
  accessing the MVS server, and the user is moving the file into
  an FBA MVS dataset, has set the SITE ASA correctly, then the
  ascii print control characters on the PC get converted to ASA
  characters correctly.
    If the user gets the MVS FBA file from the OE FTP server and
  has SITE ASA option, then the ASA characters do not get
  translated/converted and, instead, are sent to the PC as data.
    In TCPIP V3.1, this works fine.  Reviewing the FTP server
  trace and EZAFTPRR code, it is evident that the code is taking
  the "read_ascii_as_image" path and not handling the "special"
  processing for the ASA control characters.
    PUT of the same file works fine, because it is not going
  through this process.  Fails only when doing a GET.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All OE FTP 3.3 users wanting to retrieve     *
  *                 FBA (Fixed Block ASA) files to an ASCII      *
  *                 client, with ASATRANS.                       *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: OE FTP server is not translating FBA    *
  *                      files correctly.  When accessing        *
  *                      the MVS server, and the user is moving  *
  *                      the file into an FBA MVS dataset, has   *
  *                      set the SITE ASA correctly, then the    *
  *                      ascii print control characters on the   *
  *                      PC get converted to ASA characters      *
  *                      correctly.                              *
  *                                                              *
  *                      If the user gets the MVS FBA file from  *
  *                      the OE FTP server and has SITE ASA      *
  *                      option, then the ASA characters do not  *
  *                      get translated/converted and,           *
  *                      instead, are sent to the PC as data.    *
  *                                                              *
  *                      In TCPIP V3.1, this works fine.         *
  *                      Reviewing the FTP server trace and      *
  *                      EZAFTPRR code, it is evident that the   *
  *                      code is taking the read_ascii_as_image  *
  *                      path and not handling the "special"     *
  *                      processing for the ASA control          *
  *                      characters.                             *
  *                                                              *
  *                      PUT of the same file works fine,        *
  *                      because it is not going through this    *
  *                      process.  Fails only when doing a GET.  *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  EZAFTPRR
  

Problem conclusion

• Changed EZAFTPRR (retr()) to check for ASATRANS.
  
  * Cross Reference between External and Internal Names
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

  PQ02417

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

  UQ06432

Modules/Macros

• EZAFTPLS EZAFTPRR
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TCP/IP V3 MVS

• Fixed component ID

  5655HAL00

Applicable component levels

• R329 PSY UQ06432

     UP97/06/27 P F706

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