On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 13:50:22 +0200, Donald J wrote:

>You could write a VBscript that creates your FTP script.
>Store the password in a Win10 user or volatile environment variable.
>The VBscript could run the FTP script, then delete the script file,
>so there is no password kept on disk for more than the duration of
>the ftp.
> 
Why not pipe the script output to the FTP command and never have the
password on disk?

I suggested bash, which is available on a greater variety of desktop
systems than VBscript.

>I would also recommmend using FTPS with Curl.
> 
I suggested something similar, but the OP is in an ISV position and can't count
on customers' having optional products.

>Set the password:
>set objShell = CreateObject( "WScript.Shell" )
>Set objSystemEnv = objShell.Environment( "VOLATILE" )
>objSystemEnv( "ZZPASS" )=V_PW
>
How does the V_PW (variable?) get set?

>Retrieve the password:
>set objShell = CreateObject( "WScript.Shell" )
>Set objSystemEnv = objShell.Environment( "VOLATILE" )
>V_PW = objSystemEnv( "ZZPASS" )


>> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2018 at 9:47 AM
>> From: "Kevin Merkley"
>>
>> This is something we send out to customers so we have to expect they may not 
>> have anything available except their Windows FTP client to upload from 
>> Windows to z/OS.

-- gil

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