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Sterling Connect:Direct

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Allowing multiple certificates with the same common name and subject to be loaded into the JAVA Key store for Secure+

Connect Direct 4.2 Secure+ JAVA key store does not allow for multiple certificates with the same common name and subject but with different serials and expiration dates to be loaded. Only one will load. We have this issue with our FRB, DevTOCA, TO...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 0 Not under consideration

Request Spooler Option print process to include milliseconds in time

Since we've upgraded to the HP Nonstop NS2400 from the S-series, printjobs are hitting the spooler so fast that using the Spooler Optioncreates duplicate filenames at the target server. This causes many jobstransfers to fail due to duplicate names...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 0 Not under consideration

Log Aged Processes for Recovery Purposes

When processes exceed the MAX.AGE initialization parameter value and are purged from the queue at the MAX.AGE.TOD setting value, NDM should write out something listing at least the process numbers that were removed in case any of them needed to stay.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

Limit the number of processes by parameter for Sterling C:D HP NonStop

Since Sterling C:D for HP NonStop version 3.6.0 there is no way to limit the total number of concurrent sessions. This used to be the case by means of the License file which was used by version 3.5.0. The only way now is to configure the number of...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration

owner and private authorities for the new IFS object on system i

Please for change security design of C:D for system i. The incoming files to IFS on system i by C:D RMTSYSTEM job are created with owner CDADMIN and public *RWX authority. This causes lead to significant problems in further processing of these obj...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 0 Not under consideration

delete file by C:D API not by RUN TASK&RUN JOB for windows

Now we delete file by C:D using RUN TASK or RUN JOB,we want to delete file by CD API not system command.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / APIs & SDKs 0 Not under consideration

delete file by C:D API not by RUN TASK&RUN JOB for unix

Now we delete file by C:D using RUN TASK or RUN JOB,we want to delete file by CD API not system command.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / APIs & SDKs 0 Not under consideration

listing specified remote server folder's files and sub-folders to C:D client

FTP provides a generic feature of listing specified remote server folder's files and sub-folders to FTP client. But C:D can only realize this function by RUN TASK or RUN JOB invoking many shell scripts, which make clients' application complex. By ...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 0 Not under consideration

Need a strongly named (signed) version of ConnectDirectSDK

We need a strong named (signed) version of ConnectDirectSDK.dll (and dependencies) to be consumed by a signed .NET assembly.I was surprised to be told by your support team that you do not already a code signed version of these dlls (is this actual...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / APIs & SDKs 1 Not under consideration

Externalize Role permissions for users so one account can be used for viewing and changing configurations

The permissions assigned to CD users/admins needs to be externalized to LDAP such that we can dynamically update the LDAP rights/group membership during approved changes to permit a user to make changes as themselves instead of elevating to the se...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 1 Not under consideration