FWFRIENDLY (FTP client) statement

Use the FWFRIENDLY statement to specify how data connections are to be set up between the client and the server.

Syntax


   .-FWFRIENDLY FALSE------.   
>>-+-----------------------+-----------------------------------><
   '-FWFRIENDLY--+-TRUE--+-'   
                 '-FALSE-'

Parameters

TRUE: Specifies that the FTP client is firewall-friendly. This means that data connections are set up from the FTP client to the FTP server.
FALSE: Specifies that the FTP client is not firewall-friendly. This means that data connections are set up from the FTP server to the FTP client. This is the default.

Examples

FWFRIENDLY  TRUE      ; FTP client is firewall-friendly

Usage notes

When the connection to the server is IPv6, data connections are set up from client to the server regardless of the FWFRIENDLY setting.

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