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Have iACS store the SSH port which is retrieved from service table

iACS 1.1.8.4 now can retrieve sshd (and other ports) when verify connection; e.g. when you have changed sshd port from 22 to something different and used WRKSRVTBLE to reflect this change.Now iACS should take this port into the connection tab to S...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Remove invalid option from help for CHGUSRAUD.

Prompt CHGUSRAUD Press F1 for help on User action auditing . . . . . . AUDLVL You will see: *NETSCK Sockets tasks are audited. The following are some examples: o Accept o Connect o DHCP address assigned o DHCP address not assigned o Filtered mail ...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Security 2 Delivered

Download prompt & permissions in Integrated File Systems feature of iACS

Would like to have an option to present a pop up for download location in addition to the settings currently in Preferences. Would like permissions added to pop up menu for IFS files. Use Case: Some users may not always download a file to the same...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

Enable ASYNCBRING by default on SAV command

Enabling this function generally reduces the time taken for backups to the IFS. With clients that store large amounts of objects in the IFS, the time taken to backup these objects cab be massive. 33% reduction in backup Window is not uncommon. Use...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 6 Delivered

Generated Column Client IP return no value when updated via 5250 UPDDTA Command

Generated Column Client IP return no value for 5250 command line altered rows. e.g. DFU of a file. Use Case: If you issue the following Alter Table then DFU the altered table, the database will not return an IP address in the Generated Column ALTE...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

Remove "Access for Web" topic from 7.5 Docs site to make it clear that it is not supported in 7.5.

To prevent customers' confusion, I would like IBM to remove "Access for Web" section from IBM i 7.5 Docs site. Access for Web is not supported on IBM i 7.5. -> https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/planning-upgrade-ibm-i-75-software But "Access fo...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

IBM i TRCTCPAPP documentation update

At IBM i 7.2, running the TRCTCPAPP command for some APP values and then running the subsequent command TRCTCPAPP APP(xxxxx) SET(*OFF) can result in - MCH3401 Cannot resolve to object Qxxxxx*. Type and Subtype X'0A02' Authority X'0000'.- CPFB670 U...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 8 Delivered

Add I/O parameter support for REST services in Integrated Web Services Server

I have a use case for using I/O parameters in a REST Service instead of just I or O. Use Case: The first 4 parameters of a service I'm creating need to be echoed back.
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Delivered

Modify QIBM_QTMF_SVR_LOGON exit point to allow a program specified IP address to be returned on the FTP PASV reply

Currently when an FTP client connects to the IBM i FTP server, the internal IP address of the IBM i is returned to the FTP client in the PASV response. Some firewalls properly NAT the internal address to the external public address while some do n...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Networking 8 Delivered

allow V7.4 BRMS to support ZLIB compression for SAVF saves on Power 10

the IBM i V7.4 and V7.5 versions of the SAVxxx command support DTACPR(*ZLIB), so there is no "good" reason that BRMS cannot support the same parameters. CALL PGM(QBRM/Q1AOLD) PARM(('PARMOVR') ('*ADD') ('SAVFDTACPR') ('*ZLIB')) '*ZLIB ' not valid f...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / BRMS 4 Delivered

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