Prolong the FTP Experience

October 20, 2004 Hey, Ted

When I log in to our iSeries system through an FTP client, a message informs me that my connection will close if it remains idle for more than five minutes. Sometimes I have several tasks to perform between FTP commands, and the system times me out. Can I increase the time-out setting?

–Doug

The FTP server controls the inactivity time-out. The default setting for this value is 300 seconds, but it can be changed with the Change FTP Attributes (CHGFTPA) command. Since you’re working from the client side, you can change the timeout interval for your session by running the

Presenting the CHGATR Command

October 20, 2004 Hey, Ted

I had a similar problem to Jim’s in “Wanted: Qshell Output in ASCII.” Qshell was building EBCDIC files, but he wanted them in ASCII. In my case, a “Wintel” machine’s FTP client was putting ASCII files in the Integrated File System, but I preferred EBCDIC files. I found a CL command that solved my problem.

I used the Change Attributes (CHGATR) command. This command, which was introduced in V5R1, can change the CCSID of a file. I used commands like the following to change files from CCSID 819 (the CCSID they were assigned when they were created during an FTP

Admin Alert: Cracking the Obscure CWBLM0029 PC5250 Error

October 20, 2004 Joe Hertvik

One of the strangest iSeries or Client Access for Windows’ PC5250 errors you will ever run into is the CWBLM0029 error. This error stops a user from signing on to an i5, iSeries, or AS/400 machine, providing only an obscure message box that reads, “CWBLM0029–The product or release level is incorrect for 5769XE1.” Needless to say, this isn’t very helpful.

In my experience, CWBLM0029 usually occurs when there’s a problem with the user profile trying to sign on. It’s more likely to occur with the PC5250 program provided with older Client Access Express for Windows configurations than with the newer