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IBM i

Log invalid authentication attempts by user profiles with a password of *NONE

IBM i should be enhanced to log invalid sign-on attempts made against user profiles configured with PASSWORD(*NONE), and these attempts should be handled in a manner consistent with other failed authentication events. Today, these attempts are eff...
3 months ago in IBM i / Security Under review

Fixentral Downloads of Machine Code updates are limited to 25 per day, Automate request to download beyond the stated limit

As an outsourcing provider managing numerous customers and hundreds of LPARs, we frequently encounter challenges due to the current restriction of 25 machine code downloads per day.This limitation significantly impacts our ability to perform essen...
9 months ago in IBM i / PTF and Service Under review

IBM i: Add a new system value so we can enable to create automatically $HOME directory on User Profile creation

Today we use SSH, SFTP and VSCode more often than in the past, but when creating a new user profile the /home/USERID directory is not created. Please, add a new system value to enable automatic creation and select the $HOME base directory, in case...
6 months ago in IBM i / Security Under review

Ability to limit which special characters are allowed or not allowed in a password.

Password changes performed through ACS is using Unicode. Because IBM i does not restrict special characters when QPWDRULES is active, users can select characters that are valid in Unicode but do not map consistently to the CCSID used on the IBM i....
3 months ago in IBM i / Security Under review

Adding the option to specify a Sender address to the command SNDSMTPEMM

For years now IBM i lacking a command to specify the sender mail address in a simple manner. Yes there is an API but this is too complicated for the average IBM i developer.Would it not be very convenient if the current SNDSMTPEMM is enhanced to a...
5 months ago in IBM i / Networking Under review

Removal of 4-Core Limit for IBM-i VMs on the S1022 / S1122

Description: As a forward-thinking organization leveraging IBM-i on the S1022 / S1122 server, we are consistently seeking ways to enhance performance, optimize resource utilization, and meet our increasing workload demands. In light of this, we su...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing Under review

Zero-downtime security updates for exit program changes

Running server jobs must pick up new exit programs, updated or replaced programs, and removed programs without requiring restart. Active client connections must not be disconnected and session state must be fully preserved. The solution must apply...
3 months ago in IBM i / Security Under review

Add support for USB devices >256GB

As LTO Drives and media getting larger (and more expensive) it is not longer suitable for a daily backup on small environments. So a lot of customers use USB thumbdrives, but these are only supported up to 256GB Please add support (and test) for l...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Hardware Under review

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 out...
7 months ago in IBM i / Networking Under review

Enhance maximum variable length to 4GB

More and more we need to handle data with sizes over 16MB ie XML, so it would help a lot if it was possible to handle the maximum amount of data in a variable. Therefore I would like to have the possibility to define variables in RPG with a size o...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Under review

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