Adding a User for Incoming FTP/REXEC Logons

To add a new user for incoming FTP/REXEC logons, press the F6 key from the Work with FTP/REXEC Logon Security screen (STRFW > 11 > 1), as shown in Setting Additional Controls for Incoming FTP/REXEC Logons.

The Add FTP/REXEC Logon User screen appears:

​                           ​ Add FTP/REXEC Logon User​                                                                                                              ​ Type information, press Enter.                                                ​    ​ User  . . . . . . . . .​ ​                   ​    ​ Name, generic*, User Group,​                                       ​ 1=*ALLOW​     ​ *ANONYMOUS, F4 for list​                                           ​ 2=*REJECT ​                                    ​ IP Address     ​ ​ Subnet Mask    ​ ​ 3=*ALTLOGON​     ​ Text​                       ​  ​                ​ ​                ​    ​  ​   ​                               ​        ​                ​ ​                ​    ​  ​   ​                               ​        ​                ​ ​                ​    ​  ​   ​                               ​        ​                ​ ​                ​    ​  ​   ​                               ​        ​                ​ ​                ​    ​  ​   ​                               ​        ​                ​ ​                ​    ​  ​   ​                               ​                                                                        ​      More...​                                                                                   ​ For *ALTLOGON (alternative logon):​                                                ​ Validation password . .​ ​                   ​ ​ Password, *NOCHK, *SYS, *PGM  ​     ​ Alt User  . . . . . . .​ ​           ​         ​ Name, *SAME, F4 for list      ​     ​ Alt Password  . . . . .​ ​           ​         ​ Password, *SAME, *BYPASS, *PGM​     ​ Alt Current library . .​ ​           ​         ​ Library, *USRPRF              ​                                                                                    ​ F3=Exit​  ​ F4=Prompt​  ​ F10=Additional parameters​  ​ F11=Alt.view​  ​ F12=Cancel ​    ​                                                                                                                                                                  ​

Enter the name of the new user or group in the User field. This can be a specific or generic* name. Use the value *ANONYMOUS for anonymous connections. For a list of possible values, press the F4 key.

The body of the screen is made up of lines that can refer to different IP address ranges. Possible values include:

IP Address

The IP address that begins the range.

Subnet mask

The subnet mask for the address range. For a list of possible subnet masks, showing the number of addresses that the range would include, press the F4 key.

1=*ALLOW 2=*REJECT 3=*ALTLOGON

How Firewall responds to requests by the user for incoming FTP/REXEC logons from this IP range. Possible values include:

• 1: Accept logon requests
• 2: Reject logon requests
• 3: Require an ALTLOGON connection to connect, as set on the Modify FTP/REXEC Logon User screen, shown at Modifying a User for Incoming FTP/REXEC Logons.

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A free-form text description of the rule.

If you are using *ALTLOGON, as indicated in IBM documentation, the user takes on a different identity, including that user's authority settings. Set the section of the screen labeled For*ALTLOGON (alternative logon):​ to appropriate values.

After entering information in these fields, press the Enter key.