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Ending HTTP server on System i

When the HTTP server 5770-DG1 is terminated, it is terminated after 120 seconds with the option *immed by the IBM program. This causes an error message with level 40 to be written to the system log. The time interval must be extended. Use Case: Er...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Future consideration

IBMi SST user id screen position issue

Issue with screen positioning on system service tool -user ids modification page Use Case: After making a changes in the privileges for one SST profile and hit F12 to come back on previous screen to continue making privilege changes in next profil...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Security 4 Not under consideration

HOST PRINT TRANSFORM

Enable HOST PRINT TRANSFORM to convert PCL and PDF documents to IMAGE like it does for AFPDS output streams. Use Case: Document Management systems need to be able to support images being marked up and security to add redactions. Years ago I worked...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Print 4 Not under consideration

RSTC and DynamicRM Debian support

Debian support officialy ppc64el architecture since Debian 10. It's works fine on LPAR under PowerVM , but IBM not provide RSCT, DynamicRM, System Resource Controller and Service RM for debian. We must install ubuntu .deb packages from https://lau...
12 months ago in AIX 4 Future consideration

Add ability to "bind specific" most TCP/IP servers and clients

When I serve up multiple TCP/IP interfaces (IBM i itself and the numerous Domino, WAS, etc it also supports) I would like the ability to "bind specific" many of the servers and clients such as telnet, ftp, CIMOM, etc.Numerous security issues:- Net...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Networking 11 Not under consideration

Remove the need for ACS IFS to prompt for security on every file

The ACS IFS interface continually prompts for every file upload or download, yet I can traverse the directory structure without having to provide security every time. Please change the ACS IFS interface to prompt for security once if more than one...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Relax or remove the TABLE() Requirement for UDTF

When using SQL Table Functions the use of the TABLE() wrapper is burdensome. It also adds to resistance of user-buy-in of using things like ACS Run SQL Scripts or SQL in general. The sad truth is that unlike the 1970s/1980s and earlier when most h...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

Make find option similar to find as we know it from web browsers

I keep hitting the scroll wheel on my mouse after doing a search in RDi and to my big frustration the scroll wheel affects find history instead of the source. There is also the part where you search for something in the Source and you want to high...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

Enhance ACS ENPTUI GUI Window Board to be graphical

Enhance the so-called GUI Border for 5250 windows (both DDS and DSM) so that they are rendered using actual drawn borders, instead of textual characters that were embedded to support fixed-dimension displays; displays that no longer exist. Use Cas...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Add possibility to retrieve current number of filled elements in array with dim(*auto/*var)

Please add the number of filled elements in a varying dimension array. Currently we can set the allocated number with %elem(array: *alloc) = number. This says something about the memory being allocated as far as I understand. If you then use for i...
12 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Functionality already exists

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