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IBM i

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    Add mktemp utility to qshell & pase shell

    Provide the mktemp utility that is generally standard in most *nix environments. https://refspecs.linuxbase.org/LSB_3.1.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/mktemp.html
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 1 Functionality already exists

    Teach "Refactor | Rename to use file ALIAS" about variable scoping

    I had occasion to use this refactor function today and it surprised me. I have used it before with much success. I had a file declared globally that contained a field FIELD1 (we'll say). I also had an externally described data structure in a sub-p...
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Under review

    Allow Multi-factor authentication option to enable SMS/Email authentication methods in IBM i 7.6

    Implementing email or SMS as additional MFA options on IBM i could enhance user convenience and adoption by providing familiar and easily accessible authentication methods. It would eliminate the need for every user to rely on authenticator apps, ...
    2 months ago in IBM i / Security 1 Not under consideration

    Allow the default value of function QIBM_RUN_UNDER_USER_NO_AUTH to be set to *DENIED (it is currently not changable)

    Function QIBM_RUN_UNDER_USER_NO_AUTH is very efficient to prevent illegitimate impersonations. Its added value goes far beyond the protection of *TOTP users.The default value is *ALLOWED, which is understandable. The fact that we can’t change the ...
    2 months ago in IBM i / Security 1 Future consideration

    More visibility into ASP utilization across the system using NCDU and displaying it visually in Navigator

    Often it is challenging to find files that need to be cleaned up on a system; especially since these systems have been around for 40+ years. Using NCDU I can scan the Libraries, DLO, and IFS and see where my disk utilization is and drill down from...
    2 months ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 0 Submitted

    Add a preserve/overlay operation extender to the EVAL opcode.

    When migrating the MOVE and MOVEL opcodes to free format, simple assignments are often the right choice. But in some cases, the MOVEL operation is effectively an integrated/implied substring operation. MOVEL 'ABC' CHAR20 Only replaces the first 3 ...
    3 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Submitted

    Allow concurrent restores from a single save file

    The suggestion is to be able to restore content from a single SAVF to two (or more) places at one. The use case is environment refresh. We refresh two environments at the same time and because time is limited and the restore process is the longest...
    3 months ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 1 Needs more information

    When delete user profile(DLTUSRPRF), disregard user with IASP which cause failure.

    Power HA admin domain has issue with user that has job description with initial asp set, while trying to delete user profile. Receive message below on source: CPIBB12 Resource MFERNAN7 is inconsist> CPFBB2E Job submission failed for cluste> ...
    4 months ago in IBM i / PowerHA 0 Submitted

    Include Emulator/pdfpdt directory in export and on import/create the directory if it does not exist.

    Customers using PDTs for 5250 printer emulation sessions with a pdt must have the pdt file in Emulator/pdfpdt directory. However this is not included when exporting from a template configuration for deployment and so is missing on target import, c...
    4 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Future consideration

    Macro with value='attn' not working - consistantly

    I spoke with Dwayne Bowers about this issue in Anaheim this spring at COMMON's PowerUp conference. In this macro example, I access our attention menu, make a selection, then enter in two values on the program called. There appears to be a race con...
    4 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

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