NS-DDN@DDN3.ARPA (09/07/87)
Mike, by "quote", don't you mean a command at the topmost UI layer, not the PI layer which the RFC lays down the law for? The RFC provides the "SITE" command for local vagarities. Since I see nothing in the RFC which would preclude the SITE command before the USER command, I should think that would be the way for ACC to go with this interoperable difficulty. However, I am in total agreement with your strong statement on the bending of command syntax. Chris, I would think again about supporting this type of service. Although the FTP protocol is intentionally designed for interactive use by the owner of the password, the world is obviously moving toward unattended file transfer (and other traditionally interactive tasks). The better approach is to insist that the security system merely request the user to change his password and continue to accept the existing password until the human being explicitly changes it. Note that if several batch FTPs are queued and the first one changes the password, the remaining FTPs will fail... Best regards, Dave Craig Network Solutions, Inc.