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Allow going back after following RPGLE hyperlinks

I like the new RPGLE hyperlink functionality added in 8.5.1. It is an alternative to my RFE 11092.However, once I follow a link, I can't easily get back to where I was. I would like a "back" action to go to the previous position.I'd prefer that th...
about 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Delivered

Prevent passwords that match user profile

We need a way to prevent that the password matches the user profile. The available exit programs are not bullet proof. A new system value or password rule should be created to prevent the setup of a password that matches the user profile. Use Case...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Security 8 Delivered

ACS - Run SQL Scripts - Remove unnecessary UI prompts

Do a select * from a table. Results will display. Right click in result window and hit "Upload Results" Dialog should appear for table name. Press "cancel". Then you get:MSGGEN007 - The user has canceled the request. Is that message really necessa...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Option to crash the system during low page condition

In an clustered environment, an application may encounter a rogue query that uses up all of the memory and subsequently the paging space in an lpar. Eventually that application will get killed by the pgspkill function in AIX. While this allows the...
about 6 years ago in AIX 3 Delivered

Access Client Solution SQL enhancement

In the old Access Client for Windows SQL you could code: select * from library.table for update after running the query, you could update a field in a record. The "for update" is what is missing in ACS. Access Client Solutions dropped that ability...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Display resource requirements/availability in the GUI

Local resources (requirements) should not exceed the remote resources (availability). As new VMs are added to local servers, sometimes the remote resources available can be exceeded. This would prevent a successful Move or Rehearsal. There is no "...
over 2 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 3 Delivered

Update RSTUSRPRF functionality restore Password

Currently when single user is restored using RSTUSRPRF the password is not restored . Password Restore only wotk when restoring *ALL profiles We are IBM i Security ISV and we have multiple customer wanting ability restore the password when single ...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Security 1 Delivered

jtopen update delivery via ptf

When you download the jtopen package from sourceforge https://sourceforge.net/projects/jt400/files/you get a zipfile with the subfolder java6, java8, java9 with extra jt400.jar files compiled with each java version and when i am right, also comapt...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / JAVA 3 Delivered

HMC: weak password rules

As default HMC sets weak password rules. This should not be the default. To provide a minimum security the medium security policy should be default. An additional strong policy provided by IBM would be fine. In addition the possibility to set a on...
about 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Delivered

External character printing

I can not print barcodes of external characters registered on PC with IBM i Access Client Solutions. Use Case: IBM System i Access for Windows prints barcodes with external characters, but with IBM i Access Client SolutionsOnly barcodes with exter...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

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