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creating a new field whenever the user account is created.

Whenever a Unix account is created, there is no field to determine when this account was created on the system. The time_last_login field is populated only when the user successfully logins. IBM should create a new field in the lastlog file where ...
over 5 years ago in AIX 3 Delivered

ACS Should look for New Navigator on the correct HTTPS Port

When a system is configured for TLS, ACS attempts to open (and validate) the Navigator for i connection using HTTPS, but it does so on port 2002. By default, the server listens for HTTPS connections on port 2003, not port 2002. This means that, un...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Delivered

Support for Shared Processor Pools

From several PowerVC workshops I hear from customers that the support for Shared Processor Pools is a very important feature. Some customers they even can't start with that feature (to be license compliant).
over 10 years ago in PowerVC 4 Delivered

Expand RPG Outline as soon as possible

When opening up a source in the LPEX editor, the outline immediately shows "Global Definitions" and "Subprocedures" in a collapsed mode. It's not until it finishes resolving everything before it auto-expands the Subprocedures list. This means that...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 8 Delivered

Password change using system groups

A number of our customers have users that have different passwords based on the system(s) they use. This would allow the users to sync their passwords by the system purpose they use for the systems. Better security might possibly be obtained by re...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

Manage key exchange algorithm in chhmcencr command

Current chhmcencr has restriction to manage key exchange algorithm. based on the manual:Usage: chhmcencr -c passwd | webui | ssh | sshmac -o a | r | s -e <encryption> [--help] As the parameter indicated above, it is managing password encrypt...
over 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Delivered

Need SAS tape support in deskside model

Many of the small IBM i customers have deskside systems. We need SAS tape support in the 9105-41B deskside model.
over 2 years ago in Power Systems Design 1 Delivered

Allow for option UPDPROD(*YES) in Code Coverage

Please allow for an open to select UPDPROD(*YES) in code coverage Use Case: When i attempt to run Code Coverage and not ALL database items are in a TEST library the tool stops as soon as a program attempts to open these database items for update. ...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

Make "Check for updates" and API

The current method of checking for a i Access Client update can only be executed from the Main "Menu" in an "interactive" mode. It would be great to have an "API" that could be executed in "batch" on the iSeries so that we could send the appropria...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

Moving and renaming programs should not update associated stored procedures

A while ago we had a stored procedure fail. Investigating we found the following had happened:• Created stored procedure X using program Y• Moved program Y to a holding library Z• Created new version of program Y• Recreated stored procedure X• … a...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

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