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My votes: IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers

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Allow Kerberos to be specified as primary authentication for QNTC

Users that have SSO/Kerberos/EIM are forced to choose between being enabled for file transfers to the QNTC (windows network) or having local password management. Users should be able to use the system locally and still have file transfer authentic...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 2 Delivered

Extend QNTC beyond the restrictions of NTBIOS.

Many of us today have to deal with systems in the cloud. I need to transfer data to AZURE from out IBMi. Microsoft's Azure has URL names that are longer than 60 characters which QNTC cannot use. QNTC needs to be SMB 3.0 compliant. User ID and pass...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 6 Delivered

IBM i TRCTCPAPP documentation update

At IBM i 7.2, running the TRCTCPAPP command for some APP values and then running the subsequent command TRCTCPAPP APP(xxxxx) SET(*OFF) can result in - MCH3401 Cannot resolve to object Qxxxxx*. Type and Subtype X'0A02' Authority X'0000'.- CPFB670 U...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 8 Delivered

Routing Work by User Profile results in two CPIAD09 Message in QHST, both sent from a job in QUSRWRK

When routing work by user profile, using the QSYS2.SET_SERVER_SBS_ROUTING() service, there are two CPIAD09 messages in QHST. The first one is sent from an intermediate job running in QUSRWRK, the second is sent for the job running in the configure...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 14 Delivered

Increase NFS max Wsize and Rsize

Increase NFS max Wsize and Rsize to 512KB or maximum allowed via NFS v3. Iseries NFS client is currently using TCP to communicate with NFS server. Our NFS platform will allow much more than the current Power System maximum of 32,768 Bytes. Use Cas...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 5 Delivered

OS400 NetBIOS protocol to be disabled while allowing CIFS to work

Netbios protocol has been deprecated for security reason and from internal security policy we need to disable it.This problem is already know to IBM : https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1020677Opening a RFE in order to restrict th...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 4 Delivered

Netserver(QNTC) support of DFS Paths

The QNTC piece of IFS does not recognize Distributed File Systems (DFS) paths. Use Case: We have many QNTC references pointing to network file server shares and our Windows servers support team more shares around between different servers as part ...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 7 Delivered

Allow authority on IFS share (logical)

Allow additional authority (for example *USE/*EXCLUDE) on the logical IFS share name instead of only on the underlying physical path. Use Case: Typically the IFS root is shared, however this should only be accessible for administrators while now t...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 7 Delivered

SMB 3 (SMBv3) support needed in IBM i 7.3

for better integration of our windows 2012 and 2016 servers and for security issues we need SMBv3 in IBM i V7R3. Use Case: for better integration of our windows 2012 and 2016 servers and for security issues we need SMBv3 in IBM i V7R3.
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 5 Delivered

Increase QNTC Buffer size to 32768 from current 16384

I would like to see QNTC directory access be made available to 32768 shares, which is double the current 16384. This is due to a buffer limitation in the QNTC code. It would involve essentially doubling the size of the available buffer. Use Case: ...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 4 Delivered