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Relax dsadm createparm restrictions

Currently dsadm createparm has restrictions which makes it difficult to use. The HLQ specified for createparm much match the userid that is issueing the createparm command. This makes it impossible to use for HLQ's which are not related to userids...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / Data Set File System (DSFS) 1 Future consideration

EDGJNSCR in SYS1.SAMPLIB changes required

There are several errors in the EDGJNSCR samplib member. We ship several sample reporting jobs in SYS1.SAMPLIB, that are based on non-extended records but the job itself is does not specify this in its description. We should update the sample job ...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 0 Future consideration

ISPF SRCHFOR function fails to notify the user when additition hidden options are in place

When using SRCHFOR on the ISPF Command line in option 3.4, it will sometimes not find the string even though it does exist in the list. This can occur when there are other options specified that are not seen by the user unless they enter SRCHFOR (...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

JES2 - no automatic Reconfiguration driven after Site Outage

After a planned SITE1 outage we saw that JES2 Reconfiguration was started driven by member "x", but just a few seconds later member "x" was QUIESCED as it was running in SITE1. Because of that we see that member "Y" has taken over with RECONFIGURA...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

Suppression of creation of IUTSAMEH device

We would like to have the opportunity (f.e. a parameter in tcpip profile) to deactive the creation of IUTSAMEH device.
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Enhance RACF so a Passticket Only UserID is possible

Please enhance RACF so that we have a new attribute of let's call it PASSTICKET or PASSTICKETONLY We use passtickets and for security reasons don't want the UserIDs to also have to have a password.
over 7 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

SSH Enhancements on z/OS

We would like to request SSH enhancements in the area of Authentication and User Mapping, as well as Compatibility features for non-z/OS platforms connecting to z/OS (x509 Certificate Support).
about 6 years ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 1 Not under consideration

HealthCheck for RACF Class PROGRAM

In RACF-Class PROGRAM there are PROFILEs with MEMBER-Definitions,for example Profile ** with Members (for example) DB2.OLD.VERSION.SDSNLOAD.I would likte to get an automatic health-check of this RACF-Class. Maybe an Extention to IBMRACF,RACF_SENSI...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

Remove / prior to 4 digit UCB Addresses on Mount Command

The z/OS Mount command syntax requires a / prior to a 4 digit UCB. The time has come to eliminate this requirement.
over 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Consoles 4 Not under consideration

Enhance CEEPIPI to reestablish lost condition handling environment

Language Environment Pre-Initialization Services are used to create a reusable runtime environment (RRE), run multiple run-time environments in one multi-tasking region, etc. CEEPIPI is the Language Environment version of the previous language-spe...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / LE 0 Future consideration

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