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Add parameters ALWLIBUPD / ALWUPD on CRTSQLRPGI and CRTBNDRPG

Make attributes / parameters ALWUPD and ALWLIBUPD available on 1 step compile (CRTSQLRPGI, CRTBNDRPG). On 2 step compile, they ara available on the CRTPGM command. Use Case: When creating program (using service program) and deploying it to other s...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Not under consideration

Auditing *SECNAS Entries Missing

When NAS errors are logged in a joblog, they are not present in the Auditing journal. Use Case: QZLSSERVER joblog keeps on logging the message CPD3E3F Network Authentication Service error X'00020000' occurred. Major status code X'00020000' and min...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Security 5 Not under consideration

Anpassung SMTP Server

im Parameter ALIASDMN können leider nur 10 Aliasnamen eingetragen werden, wir würden für unsere Niederlassungen aber ca. 30 ALIAS benötigen.
12 months ago in IBM i / Networking 3 Under review

XMLsec1 porting

add the port of the XMLsec1 utility Use Case: sign XML files directly from the IBM Power system
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 0 Future consideration

Provide a QteRetrieveModuleViews API that works when NOT in Debug Mode

No APIs return the DBGVIEW(*LIST | *SOURCE | *ALL | *NONE | *STMT) attribute for programs or embedded *MODULEs except QteRetrieveModuleViews. However it, like all Qte* API are enabled only while the job is in Debug Mode. Please provide this inform...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 Future consideration

Automate add ldap user id in /etc/security/user if id not in default krb5 auth_domain when user first logs in.

See Case number TS005500656.Ldap login fails anytime a ldap user in krb5 domain other than default domain attempts first time login. We have to manually add entry in /etc/security/user – for example:joesmith:auth_domain = “KRB.DOMN2.COM”Please aut...
almost 4 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

WRKSMTPUSR - Same alias may be used for more than one user when unique for each domain.

In CHGSMTPA we have 3 different domain. We have these users: FAKTURA1 e-mail: post@bladetmotgift.no FAKTURA5 e-mail: post@bladetfokus.no FAKTURA6 e-mail: post@bladetbevis.no In WRKDIRE there is no problem, but in WRKSMTPUSR it's not possible. TCP5...
12 months ago in IBM i / Networking 5 Under review

Increase the number of LP's for an LV dynamically when CHFS is executed.

When I want to add space to a file system and the LV doesn't have enough LP's defined I have to manually go increase the max number of LP's for that LV. I have to guess at how many LP's I need or do some math. I usually end up tossing some large n...
almost 2 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

RDI: Indicators defined in display formats are not shown in outline

Indicators defined in a display file are not shown in the outline. If I have a display file XX1234DA with a record format F01 where indicator 30 is used then it is not shown in the outline that it is used in the display file XX1234DA when there ar...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Is a defect

Temporal Support For System Tables

V7R3 of Db2 i introduced support for temporal tables. However, it is not possible for an end user to alter the system tables; such as QADBXREF / QADBIFLD, to be defined as temporal. Attempting to alter the table results in the following error mess...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Future consideration