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AIX

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    Implement support for SMBv3 in bos.cifs_fs.rte

    Since Windows16 doesn't support SMBv1, there is no chance to mount Windows16-Shares via CIFS on an AIX-Lpar, because the latest bos.cifs_fs version only works with SMBv1.SMBv2 and SMBv3 are not supported.We would appriciate, if bos.cifs_fs.rte wou...
    about 8 years ago in AIX 3 Delivered

    Request for fast HBA I/O failure

    During FC cable test with NICE Information Service(client), we found I/O delay time gap between AIX server and x86 machine. When FC adapter driver detects a link event, driver waits approximately for 15 seconds. Client carried out same test on bot...
    about 5 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

    Support for LDAP netgroups and assigning LDAP users to local UNIX groups

    Unable to assign LDAP users membership to local UNIX groups. The bank's LDAP service uses LDAP Netgroups as a core design element to group various entities within the bank and define access controls. We have a complex tree of several 1000s of LDAP...
    about 5 years ago in AIX 5 Delivered

    Provide standardise approach for lsmpio metadata expansion

    Currently there is no public information about what extended metadata attributes can be obtained from the storage to facilitate OS admin manipulation of storage.For example lsmpio -q presents on some devices the name of the volume and there could ...
    over 4 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

    update secldapclntd to use AES256 encryption

    Currently, secldapclntd uses DES encryption to store bindpwd and ldapsslkeypwd entries in ldap.cfg.Since DES isn't considered secure any more, secldapclntd should be upgraded to use AES256 encryption.
    about 3 years ago in AIX 0 Delivered

    modify secldapclntd to integrate better with Windows AD

    This would benefit anyone who is using Windows AD as an LDAP server in their environment. Currently, when using Windows AD as an LDAP server, it is required that users will need to have UNIX attributes set to define their uid number, primary group...
    about 3 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

    Add Python to AIX packaging

    Include or Add Python installation to the AIX packaging software ready available for download or bundle to the dvd_rom media.
    over 6 years ago in AIX 3 Delivered

    AIX LFS changes required for smbc performance enhancement

    Development asked for an RFE to be opened to request modification of the LFS layer of AIX to add vinfo parameters to the vnop_readdir and vnop_lockctl calls so that the smbc client can get the information it needs to avoid duplicating SMB queries,...
    about 5 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

    High getattr() calls against /etc/passwd while accessing files owned by LDAP-defined users

    We have observed that list command ( ls –l ) against file(s) owned by LDAP user is causing 10x more getattr calls to /etc/passwd file comparing to same list ( ls –l ) against file(s) owned by LOCAL (/etc/passwd) defined user. LDAP user – is a user...
    about 7 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

    Enhance performance of AIX Trusted Execution by improving the logic to verify integrity of untrusted files

    Trusted Execution (TE) is an AIX security feature for file integrity verification. For performing the integrity check, TE compares the hash value of the files on the system against the pre-calculated hash values stored in its Trusted signature dat...
    over 6 years ago in AIX 3 Delivered

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