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IBM i

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Digital Certificate Manager

Can it be possible to include some type of logging when using DCM? Use Case: We would like to know when our Server or Client Certificates are being used? This would include from what source and to whom.
about 8 years ago in IBM i / Security 5 Not under consideration

Provide method to suppress backslash as delimiter for IFS paths

IBM CL commands and the QJoStartJournaling and QJoEndJournaling APIs treat backslash characters as a delimiter and implicitly treat them as forward slash characters. The result of this is that there is now way for these commands and APIs to refere...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 4 Not under consideration

Keep leading zero with CPYTOSTMF

IBMi data has to be made available to an external application. It has to be a *TAB seperated "csv" ile. I use CPYTOIMPF to accomplish this, no poblem here. CPYTOIMPF FROMFILE(QTEMP/file) TOSTMF(mycsvfilename) MBROPT(*REPLACE) STMFCCSID(*PCASCII) R...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Not under consideration

Allow TEMPLATE keyword for standalone fields

The template keyword allows data structures to be defined as a custom complex type simply for the purpose of defining other data structures with the same structure. Extending this to standalone variables will allow custom simple types to be define...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Functionality already exists

Should be able to redact/mask fields in the return data similar to headers and queryString

It's quite likely that sensitive information could be returned from a service. It should be configurable just like for inputs. Bonus points if we could configure masking rules so you can see what the return data looked like, just not the entire va...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Future consideration

Journal entry data to return binary timestamps

In the entry specific data returned by QjoRetrieveJournalEntries it would be useful to have the time/date/timestamp data to be returned in a binary format. For example, either a documented internal database format or the same time format used for ...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

RDI Outline update

Problem automatic update outline view of i Projects Navigator source members. At remote work the IBM i servers are not always reachable. But outline update is starting and cannot be cancelled. When the connecting window (Enter password) is cancell...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Is a defect

LPEX Editor behavior when enter/delete pressed

I think that the LPEX editor should have a configurable option to control the way the enter or delete key works. Currently when these keys are pressed the LPEX editor does the same as in SEU. The most common behavior (in other edittors) is to spli...
over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 10 Not under consideration

RDI: Outline - update definition

When adding or removing fields in externally described files it can take a long time before it can be seen in the outline even though I'm updating it. It takes RDI a long time to register that a change in the file has happened. Thus I would like t...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Not under consideration

Add Kerberos Authentication to RDP

Rational Developer for Power Systems needs to support Kerberos Authentication. This is necessary because our systems are being used to service federal contracts where Kerberos Authentication allows us to meet FISMA requirements. IBM introduced Ker...
over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

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