Re: Keep alive inactive FTP user account

Amlan Das <das.amlangmail.com&gt;

Hi All

I need help to a problem I face. I have described my solution and need some feedback if this is going to work or if any better solutions.

I am not sure if this is going to work or just logging into FTP server and doing a directory listing every month through a job will also work.

 

Problem description:

 &nbsp;  Every three months or 6 months, FTP user account is used to transfer a feeder file to a remote server through pl/sql packages as

 &nbsp;  part of business.&nbsp;But the FTP user account expires if inactive for three months as set in the security&nbsp;policy. The security folks will not

 &nbsp; change the security policy. My goal is to keep the FTP user account alive even when there is no business activity.

 

My Solution:

 &nbsp;  I log into FTP user account every month running as an Oracle Job and FTP a dummy file to the server.

 &nbsp; This will ensure some activity every month and will keep the account alive. But this also means removing the dummy file each time.

 

I am sending this out to multiple groups, hoping somebody will provide some feddback.

 

Thanks and regards

Amlan