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PTF and Service

enable interactive user and password authentication on sftp client

It would be useful to have the same possibility that is present on all other Windows and Linux systems.
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Networking Submitted

Create %PROGNAME built in function

We have the RPG built in function %PROC to return the name of the current procedure, I think it is time that we have the same for the name of the current program. By all means we can get this from the program status data structure, it would just b...
3 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Future consideration

Add options to indicate the trace output file and options for HTTP functions

Calling axiscAxisStartTrace("/tmp/axis.log":*NULL) followed by QSYS2.HTTP_GET or QSYS2.HTTP_POST via embedded SQL does not work when the http functions run in the default activation group but the service program for the axiscAxisStartTrace() runs ...
14 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Submitted

Improve message of CPF5222 on CHGPWD

When changing a password upon expiration or during CHGPWD execution, if a blank or non-alphabetic character is entered in the current/new password field, the message CPF5222 'Name is not correct' is displayed. However, this message does not clearl...
5 months ago in IBM i / Security Future consideration

Windows output of IACS when run a query include more output in the same windows.

when you run a query in IBM i Access Solution you can run a query and see the results, but if you execute another your first result its erase and show the new one. could be more easy if the output result you can add more windows result in the same...
16 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Submitted

SMTP journal

It would be important to have a journal available for mail servers configured using the SMTP framework as well, one that logs all email sending activities. This is particularly important when dealing with auditors who request old logs, in which ca...
20 days ago in IBM i / Networking Submitted

RSEAPI - Complete the GET admin/session response to get a proper audit

Hello, This request is a follow-up to the request at https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/IBMI-I-4851. It still concerns the GET operation /api/v1/admin/sessions To enable this operation to serve as an audit and monitor the use of RSE API's, would it be po...
20 days ago in IBM i / Web Serving Submitted

RSEAPI - Add a level of detail to the audit service's response

Hello,In the service, GET /api/v1/admin/sessions, which allows us to see the number of sessions per profile; we receive a JSON feed in response of the following type :{"totalSessions": 4,"sessions": [{"userid": "DT","sessionCount": 4}]} Is it poss...
20 days ago in IBM i / Web Serving Submitted

Automatic Management of TLS Certificates

Since the validity period of SSL/TLS certificates will be reduced from the current 398 days to 47 days starting in March 2029, managing certificates manually will become very difficult due to the significantly shortened validity.Therefore, a servi...
9 months ago in IBM i / Security Future consideration

VMRM DR GUI : Display Full Workgroup Name, expand left column

The full name of the workgroup is displayed when the cursor hovers over it. One idea could be to expand the left column to show the full workgroup name, or resize the column? Another option is to use a smaller font, but it must remain readable. Th...
11 days ago in VM Recovery Manager Submitted

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