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Enhancement to DISPLAY TCPIP NETSTAT PORTL - Add Range

Enhance the TCPIP DISPLAY command for NETSTAT,PORTList to include the ability to specify a RANGE. Some examples of the command syntax: D TCPIP,,NETSTAT,PORTL,PORT=14000-14500 Or D TCPIP,,NETSTAT,PORTL,PORT=14000,MAX=500 Or maybe D TCPIP,,NETSTAT,P...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Untamperable last-login date display at USS logon

1. Decentral Unix application are able to display last login date and time to users. These data are stored in a binary database that regular users or their impersonators cannot tamper with. Typically the /var/log/wtmp file. 2. Based on IT Risk aud...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / USS 2 Future consideration

CSSMTP user data in SMF record

Add a user data field (256 bytes) to the SMF 119 subtype 50 (Mail record) record for CSSMTP. The CSSMTP server should populate the user data field from a header in the SMTP file written by the application.
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

z/OSMF: http_access.log file should keep access control list when rolled over

We currently have an additional ACL (Access Control List) on the http_access.log file in the /zosmf/data/logs/zosmfServer/logs directoy. Since we are not allowed to change the owner/group of this file (As z/OSMF will then automatically change it b...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

Provide option to remove NEW PASSWORD field from TSO LOGON

Sites provisioning RACF passwords from web-based tools like ISIM need the ability to prevent the user from changing passwords via NEW PASSWORD fields. Other products provide this capability, but there is currently no capability in TSO to remove th...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / TSO 1 Future consideration

ICE002I and RC=00

Sort step that post msg: ICE002I should not end with RC=00
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 2 Not under consideration

Show classes pending a refresh in the SETROPTS LIST or other query command

The customer would like to be able to see which RACF classes are pending a SETROPTS REFRESH
over 10 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

Generic Tracker Facility: GTZPRINT Utility Should Generate CSV Content

Introduced with z/OS 2.1, the Generic Tracker Facility provides a utility program, GTZPRINT, which formats and reports tracking facility and migration aid information. Based upon selection and exclusion criteria defined in SYS1.PARMLIB, the generi...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Generic Tracker 3 Future consideration

NCA: Need enhancement for show where used

When selecting the where used option for an object in zOSMF NCA it shows you what stack the object is part of but not if it the rule it is part of is enabled or not.
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

USS suppresses display of ICH408I RACF message in JESLOG of CICS Transaction Gateway

As per USS L2 in 78026,7TD,000: When BPXMRPWD goes through GetManagedAcee, it turns on an initacee attribute to request message suppression: IntA_Msg_Supp On Suppress messages produced while creating security context This is working as designed fr...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / USS 2 Future consideration