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DCM *SYSTEM store password in admin-cust.xml files

In the security configuration files from ADMIN application servers (ADMIN1, ADMIN3, ....) the *SYSTEM store password is weakly encoded with {xor} and is easy to obtain if you have access to admin-cust.xml file in /QIBM/UserData/OS/ADMININST/[admin...
14 days ago in IBM i / Security 0 Submitted

RPG: Do not send RNF7031 (variable not referenced) for fields in template ds

For data consistency we use our reference file to define internal fields like so: dcl-ds omsref ext template end-ds ; dcl-s myObject like ( objc ); The reference file contains a boatload of fields. Because we do not use the majority of these field...
14 days ago in IBM i / Application Development 0 Submitted

Add advanced vNIC to HMC Collection

If you have a trunked VLAN on the network side, set the VLAN as PortVLANID. This is used very often. Unfortunately, there is no option to do this with Ansible in the HMC-collection. i create also a git issue https://github.com/IBM/ansible-power-hm...
19 days ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Planned for future release

Create a web based full functioning 5250 Emulator

I need the ability to create a web based full functioning 5250 Emulator comparable to the ACs Java 5250 emulator
about 1 month ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Add user to SEP parameter so we can target another users job with that SEP

With the recent release of SEP support for Merlin and VS Code, it seems that they made it just use the user you connected to the IBM i with. In my product, we rarely (dare I say never) want to set an SEP on our current user. We need to 'catch' the...
4 months ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Submitted

Include LF with shared access path in SYSPARTITIONINDEXES and SYSPARTITIONINDEXSTAT

SYSPARTITIONINDEXES and SYSPARTITIONINDEXSTAT include many usefull informations about logical files (DDS type). Since they are a valid substitute for the use of APIs, it would be very useful if logic files with shared access were also included in ...
30 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

Hyperlink Blockchain cure healthcare

Incurable diseases present a significant challenge because they often lead to long-term suffering, limited treatment options, and a lack of definitive solutions for patients. These diseases, which include genetic disorders, certain cancers, and ne...
6 days ago in Power Ecosystem Software / All components 0 Not under consideration

SYSTOOLS/GENERATE_SPREADSHEET - Add possibility to export to a specific spreadsheet tab

Implemented by adding a new parameter "SPREADSHEET_TAB" to the GENERATE_SPREADSHEET function.
21 days ago in IBM i / Other 0 Submitted

There is a risk that the ethchan_config command may mistakenly change the IP address of enX interface.

Please Improve the specification of the ethchan_config command. ethchan_config should check the target device. The ethchan_config command can change the "netaddr" parameter of entX and set the address to ping of EtherChannel. However, the ethchan_...
3 months ago in AIX 0 Under review

Provide signature files for HIPER efixes

Currently HIPER fixes have no signature files for the efix packages. Other efixes have .sig files so that those efixes can be verified after download, and installed via the "new" efix_sec AIX command. Security issue: for HIPER fixes is even more i...
3 months ago in AIX 1 Under review