AFTP -F Script Fails if Password is Eight Characters Long
Article ID: 134691
Article Last Modified on 10/22/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft SNA Server 3.0, when used with:
This article was previously published under Q134691
SYMPTOMS
When you run the AFTP -F <INPUTFILE> command, the following error message
appears:
The password is too long. The password must be between 1 and 8
characters in length.
This symptom occurs when you use the AFTP client script processing feature
to automate AFTP client processes and your password in the inputfile is
eight characters long.
CAUSE
The AFTP client code erroneously counts the Newline character at the end of
your eight-character password as the ninth character when it reads the
password from your inputfile.
NOTE: For additional information on AFTP and AFTP client script processing,
refer to the SNA Server 2.11 Enhancements Guide and the SNA Server 2.11
README.TXT file, respectively.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use a password with seven characters or fewer.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server for Windows NT.
This problem was corrected in the latest SNA Server for Windows NT, 2.11
U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on
the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
Additional query words: prodsna 2.11
Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB134691