Chapter 7 HPSS User Interface Configuration
HPSS Installation Guide September 2002 425
Release 4.5, Revision 2
The AIX (and others)inetd superdaemon will fail (without explanation or indication) if errors
are encountered in the/etc/inetd.conf file. In particular, lines in excess of ~130 characters will
cause this behavior to occur. It is recommended that HPSS Administrators utilize some form of
“TCP wrapper” programs in conjunction with theinetd superdaemon (not provided with
HUsedto disallow login for users whose home directory does not exist or
isnot properly configured. The default behavior (without the H option)
is to put the user in the “/” directory.
IToggle the use of trusted hosts. Default is off. Note: this is not usually
recommended.
KRead thehpss_option KTAB from the ftpaccessfile to obtain the
{Path}/{Name} of the HPSS Keytab file containing the hpss_ftp
principal.Default: /krb5/hpss.keytabs. Refer to documentation on the
{ftpaccess} file for details.
LRead thehpss_option LS <string> from the ftpaccess file to obtain
the CDS name for the RPC group of Location Server. Refer to
documentation on theftpaccess file for details. This option is
mandatory!
NRead the hpss_option SITE <string> from theftpaccess file to
specify an alternate site. Thestring is the DCE cellname. This should
rarely be necessary
PRead thehpss_option PRINC principal from the ftpaccess file to
obtain the DCE principal representinghpss-ftp.
RSet the HPSS PFTP Daemon to use a specified port range for
connections to the HPSS Movers for Parallel Transfer functions. The
actual port range is specified in the Mover specific configuration
record. Refer to Section 6.8.13: Configure the PVR Specific
Information (page 373) for more information.
SUse the DCE Registry for Authentication (bypassing the ftppasswd
file). All HPSS FTP Customers MUST be in the DCE Registry since
either thehpss_XLoadThreadState() or hpss_LoadThreadState{}
call is invoked to obtain the end users identity.
TReadthe hpss_option MTO <value> option from the ftpaccess file to
obtainthe maximum timeout in seconds. Refer to documentation on the
ftpaccess file for details.
UUse UDP RPCs Only. Must be set! Sets the environment variable:
RPC_SUPPORTED_PROTSEQS=ncadg_ip_udp. Unpredictable
behavior and/or slow operation has been observed with DCE if this
parameter is not set.
XUsethe DCE Registry for authentication (bypassing the ftppasswd file)
and use the HPSS.homedir and HPSS.gecos Extended Registry
Attributes(ERAs) for the users Home Directory and Accounting fields
(if they are filled.)
Table 7-1 Parallel FTP Daemon Options
Option Description