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Status Submitted
Workspace IBM i
Categories Security
Created by Guest
Created on Jan 28, 2026

RELATED IDEAS

Provide FTP virtual directories

Allow a user (on a per user basis, preferable via the QIBM_QTMF_SVR_LOGON exit) to be locked into a specific FTP directory... this directory should be his virtual root (jail).

This concept prevents the user from navigating or specifying a path outside of this directory and hides the physical location to the user.

This concept is the same as "shares" for NetServer where the user is also locked into this share and the underlying physical path is hidden from him.

Alternatives like the dataarea QFTPUSERIS are not selective per user, and QIBM_QTMF_SERVER_REQ is not hiding the physical file structure of the system (neither is it a simple method for preventing a filename outside of a specific directory).

This is a requirement for properly securing the system when being accessed via FTP. In its current form the IBM i FTP server implementation is not considered a secure and viable solution.


Idea priority Urgent
  • Guest
    Jan 28, 2026

    This is a "reopen" of https://ibm-power-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/IBMI-I-813

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