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Import/export 5250 emulator colors

Hello, I have downloaded a custom theme colors for 5250 emulator (https://draculatheme.com/acs). But when i want to import the file it doesn't work. Clicking on import button does nothing. Export button doesn't work either.
7 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

Tcp server certificate hot reload

A few days ago I read an article reporting the future intention to go to decrease the duration of certificates, it would be important to make sure that the application of such certificates would not require the shutdown and subsequent activation o...
7 months ago in IBM i / Security 4 Under review

Extend the SAVxxx and RSTxxx commands to allow an IFS file as the SAVF file.

The SAV and RST commands allow the value *SAVF for the device parameter, but the save file itself must necessarily refer to a file located in a library. Of course, it’s possible to use the CPYTOSTMF and CPYFRMSTMF commands to achieve the desired r...
7 months ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 1 Under review

I'm using the audit data mart in web Navigator, please add an option to schedule the "refresh" job when the journal receiver gets changed.

currently we can have an advanced job scheduler job added to run at a specific time. This is great but allows for the possibility of missing journal receiver entries. I would like to add the option to run the audit journal data mart process when t...
7 months ago in IBM i / System Management 0 Submitted

Feature Request – Support for Parameter Substitution in RSEAPI_SQLRequest

I would like to suggest an enhancement to the RSEAPI_SQLRequest structure used in the RSE API for SQL execution. Currently, the API only supports static SQL statements via the sqlStatement field, without the ability to bind input or output paramet...
7 months ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Needs more information

Add IncludeGroup for use RSEAPI

Recently, to use the RSE API, we have the options "adminUsers", "includeUsers", or "excludeUsers". When we want to add a new user, we need to modify the file located at /QIBM/UserData/OS/RSEAPI/rseapi.properties, and then restart the ADMIN5 server...
7 months ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Future consideration

MFA sur le pop-up de connexion apache

Nous souhaiterions activer le facteur d’authentification supplémentaire (MFA) en frontal, au niveau de la connexion pop-up Apache.
7 months ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Submitted

Quick Enable/Disable user profiles

This would be a quick function for admins/support personnel to use to enable/disable an account without invoking CHGUSRPRF or Option 2 STATUS(*DISABLED). Create an Option 27 and 28 to Enable/Disable user profile from the WRKUSRPRF screen.
7 months ago in IBM i / Security 2 Not under consideration

Allow a "FOR SYSTEM NAME" for CREATE ALIAS

DevOps providers want to be able to fallback and restore implementation objects of SQL objects. CREATE ALIAS creates a *FILE DDMF in the library but we are not able to control the implementation name. This requires a lot of processing to make sure...
7 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

Security java toolbox vs Job batch

We are encountering more and more standard processes that use the Java Toolbox, particularly when using IWS servers.My company and I have identified cases of interference between these processes and the batch jobs that use them.For years, we have ...
7 months ago in IBM i / Web Serving 6 Under review