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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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Error message when no UserID provided to web service

CICS should generate an error message indicating when no user ID was provided on a SOAP web service call to make up for the lack of an ICH408I typically generated on a BASIC AUTHENTICATION ERROR. Useful information to add to the error message woul...
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Passphrase Support for IBM CL/SUPERSESSION

BM CL/SUPERSESSION should support the use of passphrases. RACF already provides support for passphrases
almost 13 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Ability to use passtickets instead of passwords for the HELPDESK application

Customer is in a process of converting all applications accessed through SuperSession to use PASSTICKET's instead of passwords. The SS Passticket mechanism works fine for all of the VTAM sessions except SuperSessions HELPDESK application. The Help...
almost 13 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 1 Delivered

Improve Data Set Commander batch processing

The IBM Dataset Commander has a batch function built with the DSCBAT command. However, the usability can be improved significantly. See below.
about 3 years ago in IBM Data Set Commander 2 Delivered

z/TPF Reduced Cost Testing

Marriott, DL, TVPT, 2. Headline: Reduced Cost Testing 3. Lead Contact: mark.whitney@travelport.com 4. Date 2018-04-26 5. Description: a. Multiple z/TPF Customers, Travelport, Marriott, and Delta desire Reduced Cost Testing such that t...
over 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

CL/SuperSession Trace multiuser in SMF back to real userid

When you have a multiuser token in the SMF data in the USER field (ie +AAAAAAB), there is no way to trace it back to the real userid. This is a problem for auditing usage as the data is not usable for multiusers beyond the first signon.
about 3 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Other 3 Delivered

Enhance GETSYSWORD - MSGCLASS/JESNODE/ACTINFO

Please add: MSGCLASSJESNODEACTINFO1ACTINFO2, etc.
over 6 years ago in PL/I Compilers 4 Delivered

Need a confirmation dialog before drag&drop of files between file systems

In the "Remote Systems" view, the user can easily drag-and-drop files and directories and PDS from one place to another. This includes drag-and-drop between various types of file systems. For example, the user can drag-and-drop a PDS into a Unix f...
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Delivered

Use constants within structure

it might be good to allow the VALUE attribute in structures that did not consist solely of fields with the VALUE attribute. So allow dcl 1 mystr, 2 ..., 2 sex char(1), 3 male char(1) value('M'), 3 female char(1) value('F'), 2 ... if mystr.sex = my...
over 6 years ago in PL/I Compilers 4 Delivered

enable timeout and time out value are not used in push to client

company wide enabling and value setting is not avaialble for this right now , preferences on that page are not stored in the workspace, but in the configuration instance,
over 1 year ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Delivered

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