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Communications Server

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Make the RECONLIM parameter of TSOKEY00 capable of specifying individual users or groups of users.

These days it is very common place for employees to use laptops. One issue this creates is losing our TSO sessions when disconnecting from the network. One possible solution is to significantly raise the value of the RECONLIM parameter in TSOKEY00...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Not under consideration

Enhance type 80 logstring for all SERVAUTH EZB.NETSTAT resources to include actual Netstat command Issue & environment

Please enhance the logstring for type 80 records for SERVAUTH EZB.NETSTAT resources so that it: 1) Includes the full netstat command issued 2) Includes the environment it was issued from, e.g. TSO, UNIX, console
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Ability to chg default for CtraceCleartext parm

I want the ability to change the CtraceCleartext in the Z/OS management facility. We always change this to on when creating AT-TLS rules
about 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Not under consideration

Modify dataset prefix with LPRSET Command

Hello, Is it possible to modify the prefix of the dataset name "userid.LASTING.GLOBALV" when we use the LPRSET Command ? We need your help because RACF don't allow we to specify any generic characters in the high-level qualifier of a data set name...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Reverse MAKEFILE

We're trying to move to the IBM recommended /etc/ipnodes host table from the legacy ADDRINFO/SITEINFO format. We recently noticed that we were missing the TCPIP.HOSTS.LOCAL source used by the MAKEFILE command to create the ADDRINFO/SITEINFO datase...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

INTERFACE statement for Static VIPA doesn't support subnet mask parm

Interface statement for Static VIPA doesn't support subnet mask parm.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

change ezz0401i ezz0303i ezz0318i to Error messages

please will you update the following messages to be Error instead of informational for following as vipa was taken over even though the vipa distribute was not going to workVIPA WAS FOUND ON LINE 197 AND A VIPADYNAMIC PARAMETER WAS EXPEcted - beca...
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Requests for improvement : please set the selection to change NODELAYACKS / DELAYACKS even when the response mode.

I can set NODELAYACKS / DELAYACKS the PORT statement in TCPIP Profile, but it becomes NODELAYACKS forces if the response mode is requested.I understand that this logic that has been implemented to improve performance. However, NODELAYACKS is force...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Autoreserve BPXPRM INADDRANYPORTS

In BPXPRMXX you can specify INADDRANYPORT which is used for bind calls. The stack has no indication that these ports have been reserved for this use and you can put a port definition in place without error. however when you attempt to use the port...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

TN3270 access to require user logon to capture user credentials

We'd like TN3270 access to capture a user's security credentials (logon). Tracking users after a TN3270 connection is extremely difficult. We'd like the ability to have their Id available at connection time.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

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