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Joe Beydoun
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Our reporting server is installed on an AS400 and i'm trying to map a path to a windows shared folder to get some pictures.
This is the code i used when trying this on the windows server and it works good:

APP MAP IMAGES 'W:\pics'
APP PREPENDPATH IMAGES

I need to do the same from the reporting server on the AS400 to this directory:

/qntc/storagesrv/Pictures/Pics

I can ping and connect to the server from the command line.

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Windows Server using DB2 Connect to access data from iseries.
 
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Francis Mariani
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Your subject says "accessing a windows shared folder", but "/qntc/storagesrv/Pictures/Pics" doesn't look like a Windows path...


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Joe, can you do this from AS400, outside WebFOCUS ?


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Joe Beydoun
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It is, i used the MKDIR command to create the path.


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Joe Beydoun
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Waz,

i can see the path to these files from the AS400:

Work with Object Links

Directory . . . . : /QNTC/storagesrv/Pictures/Pics - Website

Type options, press Enter.
2=Edit 3=Copy 4=Remove 5=Display 7=Rename 8=Display attribu
11=Change current directory ...

Opt Object link Type Attribute Text
item images DDIR
Pics - New.lnk DSTMF
000063.jpg DSTMF
000069.jpg DSTMF
000103.jpg DSTMF
000109.jpg DSTMF
000121.jpg DSTMF
000310.jpg DSTMF
000401.jpg DSTMF


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Waz
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So if the directory is there, is it session related?
Does it exist for the WebFOCUS processes ?

I'm not an AS400 person, but does the path need to be there prior to the WebFOCUS process being called?

Can you call th MKDIR command from with is WebFOCUS ?

A bit of testing to determine the state of play.


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Joe Beydoun
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it's not session related, as long as the proper user is accessing it, it's available on the system permanently.

Unfortunately i'm also not well versed with the AS400 file system.


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Joe Beydoun
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Ok, this worked:

APP MAP IMAGES /qntc/
APP QUERY IMAGES

Result:

BEGIN-APP-QUERY: images
10/01/2011 15.40.55 1200 storagesrv
END-APP-QUERY

I just can't get the full path name or anything beyond this.


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Joe Beydoun
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This might be a windows security issue at this point.

I'll repost after poking our network admin to help me with some tests tomorrow.

Appreciate the help everyone.


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I wouldn't be surprised if Windows security got in the way.

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This is all set now, thanks everyone for the help. There was a password mismatch between the iseries and the windows server, so we're all set now.


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