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PINNED Liberty z/OS - identity propagation for ctg - Case sensitivity issue
I would like to request to give Liberty z/OS a new property to upper case user IDs. WebSphere traditional sends the user IDs always in upper letters and while migrating the applications to Liberty z/OS, we are facing problems when the user log in ...
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PINNED Respect $HOME/.config/go/env
After adding eval $(/path/to/goz-env) in .profile, each time I log in to OMVS, I get 3 or 4 lines about $COMPILER_PATH. Can you add config to turn this off, please? Second, even if I have $HOME/.config/go/env (per XDG spec), go env says that `go` ...
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    CICS DFHCSDUP utility with an INSTALL option.

    Since a significant number of our clients use the DFHCSDUP utility for maintenance, having an INSTALL option for CEDA resources would be highly practical; it would eliminate the need to use SDSF batch as an additional step during RDO/DFHCSD mainte...
    2 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Under review

    Support Correct Korean Text Display in Compiler Diagnostics on EUC-KR Terminals in IBM Open XL C/C++ for AIX

    NH, one of South Korea's major banks, is currently migrating its application development environment from IBM Classic XL C/C++ to IBM Open XL C/C++ for AIX.The migration project has been progressing successfully with strong support from the IBM co...
    3 days ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 3 Submitted

    Provide a Clearer Error Message When the MFAWEB Certificate Expires

    When the certificate used by the IBM z Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) web services expires, accessing MFAWEB results in the browser error ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR. Instead of this generic error, display a more meaningful message, such as "Certifi...
    2 days ago in Z Multi-Factor Authentication 0 Submitted

    Require TRANSID in DB2ENTRY and automatically create DB2 transaction mappings. Eliminate manual DB2TRAN definitions to reduce duplication, administrative overhead, and DB2ENTRY/DB2TRAN conflicts.

    Today, CICS requires administrators to maintain both DB2ENTRY and DB2TRAN definitions. In large environments, this frequently results in hundreds or thousands of DB2TRAN resources associated with a small number of DB2ENTRY definitions. I propose m...
    9 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Under review

    Editing a copybook : no warning when usgin parenthesis

    Hello, At first it was the Case number : TS023173721 (you can see screenshots).  When we used parenthesis in a copybook, because the cobol program use the instruction "COPY copybook_name REPLACING ==(PREF)== BY ==EA00==", there is a warning i...
    1 day ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Submitted

    NONASGN attribute should be inherited from the base variable for DEFINED variables

    Modifying a NONASGN variable should never be possible.
    2 days ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 0 Submitted

    Embedding gradle plugins in the Designer image

    As you can see in TS022940654 we have a problem with the Designer that forces us to connect/disconnect the VPN to be able to make a buld of the project and later test the API. The problem would be avoided if the image with which the container is c...
    18 days ago in z/OS Connect 0 Under review

    Instead of needing to add error messages in server.xml to be converted to WTOs that SAOS390 can pick-up, issue error messages as a WTO.

    Allows the system programmer to not have to guess or administer server.xml to produce error message WTOs. Error WTOs are written to SYSLOG and SA/OS390 can take action easily.
    3 days ago in z/OS Connect 0 Submitted

    Add wildcard support to CEMT DISCARD PROGRAM, allowing batch discard of autoinstalled programs (e.g. PROGRAM(ABC*) DISCARD) to simplify troubleshooting, deployments, and problem determination in large CICS environments.

    Suggested safeguards: Require a minimum of three explicit characters before a wildcard. Reject commands such as: CEMT SET PROGRAM(*) DISCARD Prevent discard operations against IBM-supplied resources. Example: CEMT SET PROGRAM(DFH*) DISCARD Optiona...
    9 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Under review

    Provide possibility to limit to limit or stop the creation of excessive connections in CDP

    We experienced an incident in which excessive TCP/IP storage consumption disrupted TCP/IP processing across the sysplex while CDP was creating an unlimited number of connections. CDP does not issue a specific SYSOUT message that can be used to tri...
    18 days ago in IBM Z Operational Log and Data Analytics 0 Under review

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