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Auditing *SECNAS Entries Missing

When NAS errors are logged in a joblog, they are not present in the Auditing journal. Use Case: QZLSSERVER joblog keeps on logging the message CPD3E3F Network Authentication Service error X'00020000' occurred. Major status code X'00020000' and min...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Security 5 Not under consideration

Authority parameter change for the commands : QSYS/CRTDIR, QSYS/CRTLIB, QSYS/MD & QSYS/MKDIR

The WWTS tool verified that in the systems that had been upgraded there was a return to the default authority value for the following commands: QSYS/CRTDIR, QSYS/CRTLIB, QSYS/MD & QSYS/MKDIR and this resulted in a non-conformity for this clien...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Security 6 Not under consideration

CPY should not require *OBJMGT authority

As a developer I have view access to production files on the IFS. I need to write a CL routine to copy them for testing. I do not have authority to copy them using The CPY command. If I use windows mapped drives I can copy the files, if I use the ...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Security 3 Not under consideration

IBMi SST user id screen position issue

Issue with screen positioning on system service tool -user ids modification page Use Case: After making a changes in the privileges for one SST profile and hit F12 to come back on previous screen to continue making privilege changes in next profil...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Security 4 Not under consideration

Enable SSO for DCM

DCM kind of supports Single Sign on but after setting AuthType to KerberosOrBasic in admin-ibm.conf the Sign in window still appear. Clicking Cancel once or twice solves the problem but the window should not be there in the first place. Use Case: ...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Security 3 Not under consideration

IBM i SSO API to integrate with Okta ?

Are there any documentation to integrate IBM i SSO with Okta (IDaaS) Identity as a service.
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Security 2 Not under consideration

Allow users to check IFS object authorities

When developing applications that create files on the IFS, we need to check that the authorities on the files are correct. Currently there is no way to check the authorities on an object unless the user has access to change authorities on the obje...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Security 3 Not under consideration

Show profile will be disabled msg even for non-valid profiles.

OS 7.5 changed to provide the same error message when signing on for the case where a userid is not defined or a userid is valid but the password is wrong. This was intended to not 'leak' information to a bad actor that they guessed a valid userid...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Security 3 Future consideration

Correct the QSYLOBJP API Documentation

Today, the QSYLOBJP API documentation states that it creates: a list of objects that adopt an object owner's authority In the classic way of thinking, this would be program/srvpgm objects that have USRPRF(*OWNER) set a creation time. However what ...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Security 3 Future consideration

Add Parm for STRAUTCOL to allow for more object types have their minimum needed authority collected.

i understand that the type of objects that are allowed to be selected for authority collection is, for performance/chatter reasons, narrow.I propose adding another parm along the lines of the "Include DLO" and "Include file system objects" the wou...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Security 1 Not under consideration

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