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RMTCMD SourceID Security

It is possible to get full NetView access for user driven commands. (Due to nature of this I wont describe how here - see the PMR for details).This should be fixed to prevent users from being able to get elevated access.
about 6 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Delivered

RPP - Assigned Text to instances of all entity types

Hi, We would like to be able to read assigned text to entity in RPP the same way we did in Pacbase. It's much more convenient than reference search in RPP. Almost all of our macro-structures, programs, screens, etc… have assigned text before migra...
about 7 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 5 Delivered

Enhance SUPRESS attribute with LAXENTRY

Please add LAXENTRY to the SUPRESS attribute for procedures and entries – similar to LAXNESTED – in V6.1 Background: We want to activate RULES(NOLAXENTRY(LOOSE)) but have some own (deprecated) functions reading the PL/I descriptors leading to some...
about 1 year ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Delivered

Adding filter to client certificate

In order to be able to accept calls only from authorized clients and not from all those who have a certificate generated by one of the CAs loaded in the ring used by the CTG, it would be useful to be able to configure a list of common name clients...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 1 Delivered

COBOL Compilers - implement RULES(NOLAXDEFINE)

In case TS003867482 the support asks to open this RFE.Implement a RULES(NOLAXDEFINE) that will flag disagreements in structure length at the 01-level, something that's not being done by the compiler currently.
about 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Delivered

RPP - List of Data Elements sorted by relational name

We would like to have the equivalent of the choice « LRE » in PACBASE for Data Elements' on-Line Access.
about 7 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 5 Delivered

Add compression when importing volumes

Add compression when importing volumes
about 6 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Delivered

Certificat usage when using the IMPORT function.

User and Certificat usage ability when using the IMPORT function.
about 6 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Delivered

Deleting Images on FTP server

In ZDT V12 is impossible to delete the old images on FTP server.
about 6 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Delivered

Timestamps on messages in z/OS Connect servers

The z/OS Connect EE V2 Server currently runs with 2 output files, being STDOUT and STDERR. None of the messages in either of these files have timestamps on them. Within z/OS, we need timestamps on messages so we can match together the events occur...
over 8 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered