Details: Connections in a batch job or printing

You can use connections in a batch job or for printing. However, doing this involves special considerations:

• Whether or not an authentication entry for the wanted tree or server exists for the iSeries™ user profile under which the job will run.
• Whether or not there is a password.
• Whether or not QNetWare file system access is required.

If an authentication entry exists for the iSeries user profile under which the job will run, and the profile contains the correct NetWare user name and password, the system can start the necessary connections. No special action is required.

If no authentication entry exists, or there is no password in the authentication entry, you must start a connection manually in one authentication entry. To start this connection manually, you have two options:

1. From an interactive job, use the STRNTWCNN command, specifying the batch job's iSeries user profile and an authorized job value of *ANY. For example:

   STRNTWCNN SERVER(X) AUTUSR(batch-usrprf) AUTJOB(*ANY)
             PASSWORD(XXX)

   or

   STRNTWCNN SERVER(X) AUTUSR(batch-usrprf) AUTJOB(*ANY)
             NDSCTX(XXX) NTWUSER(XXX) PASSWORD(XXX)

2. Have the batch job start the connection, but specifying AUTUSR(*CURRENT) and AUTJOB(*) (these are the command defaults). For example:

   STRNTWCNN SERVER(X) NTWUSER(XXX) PASSWORD(XXX)

The QNetWare file system requires a connection for the current job (AUTJOB(*)). This means that to access the QNetWare file system from a batch job, you must either:

• Have an authentication entry in the batch user profile that contains the correct password. (This requires you to enable iSeries to save passwords (see Enable iSeries to automatically start authenticated connections))
• Have the batch job start the connection, specifying AUTJOB(*) as described above.