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    Group system in userfile.cfg (UNIX)

    In an environment with hundreds of users defined in the same userfile.cfg, it would be nice to be able to govern them through a system of groups or profiles to reduce administration time and avoid unnecessary failures.
    over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 3 Not under consideration

    Standardize SYSOPTS syntax for multi-environments

    SYSOPTS syntax is written differently depending on the environment: Windows, i5/OS, z/OS, and UNIX. Example on z/OS: SYSOPTS = "DATATYPE(BINARY) XLATE(YES) STRIP.BLANKS(NO)" Same example on UNIX: sysopts=":datatype=binary:xlate=yes:pipe=yes:" This...
    over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 1 Not under consideration

    Check the Write permission on Destination folder without submitting COPY statement

    Hi Team, We are trying out a way if we can check permission on target folder on SNODE, before doing actual transfer. Like we do 'Echo Test" to test if the NDM connectivity is good between 2 NDM nodes. If we can have option in NDM to do 'Echo" test...
    almost 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 2 Functionality already exists

    Export users details, adapter level permissions, paths configured, folder permissions in one consolidated sheet in IBM SFG

    Exporting user details like surname, email, passsword policy, session timeout, last login, adapter level permissions, folder permissions, paths configured for individual users in a one consolidated sheet to be exported from IBM Sterling file gatew...
    almost 2 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Administration & Configuration 1 Functionality already exists

    codepage translation tracing

    Current versions of CDU and CDZ do not track calls to iconv for codepage translation in submitted process, even with max trace level 4. We need to see calls to iconv along with parameters.
    almost 8 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 1 Not under consideration

    CDW services should be running as non-system and non-admin user account

    Our security assessment team found an issue with 'System' running CDW services by default. Although IBM allows a service account to run CDW services, it requires this account to be a member of local admin group. Either method causes security conce...
    almost 8 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 0 Not under consideration

    Provide SUBMIT ESF=YES feature for CONNECT:Direct-Unix

    On C:D-z/OS, an Extended Submit Facility (ESF) option (syntax is ESF=YES) exists for the SUBMIT command to allow C:D transmission requests to be queued up even when C:D is down on the z/OS system; the requests are executed later when C:D has come ...
    almost 8 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Performance 0 Future consideration

    Certificate tracking in Secure+

    Request that statistics capture serial numbers of SSL certificates exchanged during CD secure+ file transfers between pnode and snode. Serial numbers should be visible in select statistics and CD Requester.
    almost 8 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 0 Not under consideration

    Connect:Direct netmap may contain only 3 addresses on HP Nonstop

    Hello, Today on unix, mainframe or windows the number of alternate ip addresses that we may enter in a netmap definition is unlimited. On HP Nonstop (not HP-UX), we are limited to 3 hostnames or ip addresses (the documentation says: IPADDR=ip.addr...
    almost 8 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration

    Connect:Direct API Independent From C:D Server

    We are attempting to use Control Center to manage our instances of C:D and Control Center connects via the C:D API. Some of C:D instances sit in different datacenters behind a load balancer in an active/inactive state. We would like to be able to ...
    almost 8 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / APIs & SDKs 1 Not under consideration

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