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When renewing Digital Certificate using the DCM API QycdRenewCertificate associated SANs should be included in the CSR

Renewing Digital Certificate using the DCM API QycdRenewCertificate. When the CSR is created, it is only putting the base CN on the CSR request. The other SANs that are on the certificate that is being renewed are not included in the CSR. If the C...
2 months ago in IBM i / Security 2 Delivered

Add ability to output JSON elements/keypairs and objects on separate rows.

Using SQL to output data in JSON format, the output is presented all on one line. When debugging, this is very difficult to work with. The request is to be able to split the 1 line into 1 keypair per line. The guide says too use the escape sequenc...
3 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Delivered

Add ability to capture ACS OSS Package Upgrade log

As part of my team's patch management to our customers, we have to log dealts and resulting levels for all updates to IBM OSS components, we do this on multiple LPARs on multi servers. The Package upgrade dialog generated by ACS OSS tool is ideal ...
5 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

Add an option to show the newest "Insert From Examples" that are available ACS Run SQL Scripts

IBM adds new Insert from Examples with every version of ACS, so that we can more easily find these new examples, can you please add some sort of view or flag or date to highlight these new examples.
5 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Copy User Profile - No Option to NOT copy TOTP

Problem Statement When copying user profiles to other systems through Navigator for i, there is no option to NOT copy their TOTP. To reduce TOTP re-use and better align with best security practices; this operation should be disabled by default and...
6 months ago in IBM i / System Management 4 Delivered

Increase Ease of Bringing System Monitors Online

Problem Statement When the System Monitor service is down (either shutdown or post IPL) each system monitor needs to be activated individually and through the Navigator for i interface. Solution Request In addition to being able to bring the Syste...
6 months ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Delivered

when using the /PLUGIN=checkupdates show the current and target version, ie 1.1.9.8, of ACS

please show the system name or directory location from where the update is originating. this will be helpful to make sure of the target version that is being updated.
6 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Changing sign-on error messages

Hackers like to know when they are making progress toward breaking into a system. When an error message on the Sign On display says Password not correct, the hacker can assume that the user ID is correct. This should default to a general "Invalid ...
7 months ago in IBM i / Security 2 Delivered

ACS automatic temporary file cleanup, please add functionality

Add at least a command line option to instruct ACS to NOT leave temporary files in /tmp if the run was successful and the exit clean. Each process and application if successful should manage its temporary storage properly. We run ACS directly on t...
7 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

Longer SQL statement parameter in cldownload plugin or making it external

The idea of having a longer SQL statement parameter in the cldownload plugin or making it external revolves around enhancing the flexibility and efficiency of SQL queries used within the plugin. Here’s an expanded description of what this could en...
8 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered