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FTP Advanced Proxy Settings

If the FTP basic settings do not support your FTP proxy authentication methods, FTP advanced proxy settings allow you to customize the FTP authentication and logon as your FTP proxy requires. These advanced settings are stored in a PDS member named PASADVOP. When CA CSM is installed, PASADVOP is placed into the RunTimeMVSHLQPrefix.CUSMAC data set. To see the current location of the PASADVOP, look in FTP Proxy, Advanced Settings Data Set, on the System Settings, Software Acquisition page. This member has a generic template containing advanced FTP and HTTP settings. You can use the default values in the member or can modify them using ISPF editor to match your FTP and HTTP proxy authentication methods.

Example PASADVOP Member

All XML elements must be specified between the tags <ADVOPTIONS></ADVOPTIONS>.

<ADVOPTIONS>
  <FIREWALL>
    <FIRECMD>HOST;</FIRECMD>
    <FIRECMD>USER;@REMOTE_USER;@REMOTE_HOST;</FIRECMD>
    <FIRECMD>PW;@REMOTE_PW;</FIRECMD>
  <FIREWALL>
</ADVOPTIONS>

The following example is a code syntax sample for FTP proxy settings:

<FIREWALL>
  <FIRECMD>keyword;</FIRECMD>
<FIREWALL>

Use the following keywords for supporting various FTP proxy authentication schemes:

HOST

Defines the name of your FTP proxy server. When this keyword is encountered, CA CSM substitutes the value that is entered for the FTP Proxy Server name on the System Settings, Software Acquisition page. The FTP client uses this value to connect initially.

USER

Defines the user for authenticating to the enabled proxies. When this keyword is encountered, it is substituted with the value that is entered for the FTP Proxy User that is specified on the User Settings, Software Acquisition page.

PW

Defines the password for authenticating to the enabled proxies. When this keyword is encountered, it is substituted with the value that is entered for the FTP Proxy Password that is specified on the User Settings, Software Acquisition page.

REMOTE_HOST

Defines the FTP address of the remote server. When this keyword is encountered, it is substituted with the appropriate FTP URL.

REMOTE_USER

Defines the user for authenticating to the remote server. When this keyword is encountered, it is substituted with anonymous.

REMOTE_PW

Defines the password for authenticating to the remote server. When this keyword is encountered, it is substituted with your user ID for the CA Support Online website.

ACCT

Instructs the CA CSM FTP client to issue an ACCT command to the FTP server. This keyword allows an accompanying parameter. This parameter is typically the proxy password that the PW keyword represents.

Follow the keywords with a semicolon (;). Outline the proxy authentication using these keywords. CA CSM substitutes the actual values from the System Settings, Software Acquisition page.

More information:

Defining FTP Advanced Settings