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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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Stig RACF-ES-000200 and CICS users

Hi, We run hundreds of CICS regions unser the same Grp , however the STIG rule ES-000200 is as follow : CSVLLAS_uca_permits rule: UPDATE and higher access to a resource protected by a FACILITY class CSVLLA.dsname profile allows users to work with ...
3 days ago in zSecurity / zSecure Audit 0 Submitted
154 VOTE

Issue an alert when IMS virtual storage usage reaches a threshold.

An ABEND occurred in the customer's system due to run out of IMS CTL region size. Currently, usage is checked during periodic termination, but unexpected increases in usage cannot be detected during running, so the customer has strongly requested...
2 months ago in IMS System Services 0 Under review

Properly support JES2 command characters other than $

Many shops outside of the CCSID 37/1140 usage zone use characters other than $ for their JES2 command character. In the past, I worked in a shop that used a full stop (.) as the command character. ZOAU uses $ exclusively, making it impossible to i...
4 days ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 0 Submitted

Update GETPW to support PASS Phrase

As we migrate away from password and to Pass Phrase, it would be a requirement that IBM support Pass Phrase for the NETVIEW GETPW function.
24 days ago in IBM Z NetView 2 Submitted

Turn on write bit in group class for .summary file by default

This would allow multiple zCDP administrators that are connected to the group ID to update the policy file Currently, the default file owner of the zCDP files is whoever created the policy, however we are currently going through the process of man...
4 days ago in IBM Z Operational Log and Data Analytics 0 Submitted

Make the CICS_FIELD procedure automated to include new OFFSETs to the CICS-FIELD table

When a CICS new Release is released by IBM, the IZPCA users have to update the CICS_FIELD Table executing a manual process. This is an error prone procedure; thus, we suggest the IZPCA development to adjust it to a safer process to be executed by ...
20 days ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 Submitted
146 VOTE

Allow script execution from remote emulator in IDZ

Most 3270 emulators allow the execution of scripts and in our case we use it a lot for the execution of automatic tests, it also allows us to enter certain commands to extend the session in HOST, so we really miss having this option that we consid...
4 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 10 Planned for future release
177 VOTE

Develop the functionality in File Manager to choose the encoding with a file should be downloaded to a PC through its export to desktop function

BBVA is a very important global bank with operations in Spain, Mexico, Turkey, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, etc. BBVA is the largest bank in Mexico, employing over one thousand of mainframe developers. These developers use IBM Developer for z for th...
6 months ago in File Manager for z/OS 8 Future consideration

Add confirmation when exiting with PF3/END on critical panels

I request the inclusion of a confirmation panel in the (EQQMAOCP) panel "ADDING AN APPLICATION TO THE CURRENT PLAN". This is a critical panel where, after filling in the necessary application fields, if PF3 is pressed, the application is added to ...
1 day ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Submitted

Enterprise COBOL for z/OS - Be able to associate an UDF prototype with a COBOL program declaring a RETURNING clause

Hi, A User Defined Function prototype is generally intended to be associated with a COBOL User Defined Function. However, it is also possible to associate it with a routine described in an other programming language, particularly a C routine. ...
1 day ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Submitted

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