General
Use this panel to configure the following general settings:
- The FTP server's control connection port, which
is the port number the FTP server listens on for incoming logins.
- Optionally, restrict the range of ports for data connections.
- Whether the server should be enabled
to support clients using the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol or the Kerberos security protocol.
The Security Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol is included in TLS.
- Which file system a user will see after a login.
- The FTP server's start procedure name and configuration file member name.
Before you begin you should:
- Decide which port the FTP server listens on for incoming logins. If this is the first or only FTP server
you are defining, you should use the well known FTP port 21.
- Read the detailed help about restricting the data connections port range to understand if you want to
implement this function.
- Decide whether the server should be enabled for either the Transport Layer Security ( TLS ) protocol,
which includes Secure Sockets Layer (SSL),
or the Kerberos security protocol to provide secure connections to the server.
- Decide whether the FTP server should initially start up in the HFS file system or with MVS data sets.
- Decide unique member names for the FTP server configuration file and start procedure.
During the update phase of msys, an FTP server configuration file and an FTP server start procedure are
created as a members of a
partitioned data set extended (PDSE). Other configuration files, such as for PROFILE.TCPIP, TCPIP.DATA, and FTP clients
are also be created as members in the same PDSE.
The name of the PDSE was assigned in the Basic Settings task.
Steps
- Enter the control connection port number.
- Optionally, enter that lower and upper port range to restrict which ports can be used for
data connections.
- If you want to enable the server for TLS, check the "Enable TLS security" box.
- If you want to enable the server for Kerberos, check the "Enable Kerberos security" box.
- If you checked "Enable TLS security" or "Enable Kerberos security",
click the "Security Settings..." button
to customize your security settings. This is required if you checked TLS.
- Select which file system users should start in after a login.
- Enter the FTP server's start procedure name.
- Indicate if you want to automatically (Autolog) start the FTP server.
- Enter the FTP server's configuration file name.
You have completed this panel once you have specified the control connection port, optionally restricted
the data connection port range, optionally selected to enable security, indicated the user's initial file system,
entered the start procedure name, and entered the configuration file member name.
You can find more detailed help on the following elements of this window:
Control connection port number
Optionally, you may restrict the port range for data connections.
Enable TLS security
Enable Kerberos security
Starting file system (STARTDIRECTORY)
Configuration file member names
Start procedure name
Autolog
FTP configuration member name
Push buttons
Click Security Settings... to customize your security settings.
Click OK to complete the specification.
Click Cancel to negate any entries you have made on this page.
Click Help to understand more about this panel.