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From the Editor:
Wanted: Your opinions on the iSeries |
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Featured Topic:
What iSeries users want |
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Expert Technical Advice:
* Featured expert: Richard Belles, systems mgmt.
* F-key to get to the top or bottom of a subfile
* The danger of indiscriminately assigning special authorities
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Site Highlights:
* Free book excerpt
* View recent Search400.com webcasts
* The Search400.com IT Excellence Award winners
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by Tom Pappalardo, site manager
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Wanted: Your opinions on the iSeries
Do you plan to purchase a new iSeries or add on to the system you currently have? How about upgrades, storage or security? What are your plans concerning those? As an iSeries professional, you are influential in how we at Search400.com plan articles, tips and other content. We are very interested in what you have to say.
We currently have a survey running in which we ask your opinion on various iSeries-related topics. This quick survey of just 13 questions will help us identify which iSeries information you value right now.
Take the survey now.
We want to ensure that Search400.com contains all of the vital tools and resources you need for the iSeries. We are looking for people from across several industries who are hands-on iSeries professionals. Make your opinion heard here.
Thanks for your help.
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What iSeries users want
by Michelle Davidson, site editor
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What kind of information do iSeries users want? Judging from inquiries to our search engine, connecting your iSeries to other systems is a top concern. This week we give you the top 10 terms from June to November that users most sought information on -- as well as tips and expert advice on those subjects. Here are terms 6-10; click over to find out what the others are.
10. Excel
9. IFS
8. Query
7. ODBC
6. Security
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Richard J. Belles, iSeries 400 technical specialist, Dimensional Insight Inc.
Category: Systems management
If you've run into a problem managing your iSeries, Richard can offer suggestions.
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This Week: In the forums
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Loosing Client Access sessions intermittently -- What's going on here?
"Rmagnan" has 20 users on an NT server using Client Access with TCP/IP to connect to the 400. Recently all those on Client Access froze for a couple of minutes and then some of them lost one or more sessions, not all. The screen became pitch black. He says they "X'd" out the sessions, clicked the icons and were back. There weren't any error messages on the console, and DSPLOG showed "Session ended normally from a command of the work station." He has no idea what happened. Do you?
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F-key to get to the top or bottom of a subfile
"RalphM" asks, "Is there a preferred way (in RPGIV and/or a DDS keyword) to allow the user to F-key to the top or bottom of a subfile?" "BrianF" and "DcsLee" both have suggestions -- check them out.
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Limit user sessions
Is there a way to limit users to two sessions only? "MindNL" says yes. Read what he said.
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The danger of indiscriminately assigning special authorities
By Dan Riehl, Search400.com expert
A few months ago as I was perusing an iSeries Internet newsgroup (news://comp.sys.ibm.as400.misc) I was surprised to see a reference to solving spooled file control problems by assigning *SPLCTL (Spool Control) special authority to several end users. I quickly fired back my response saying that granting *SPLCTL special authority makes the user the god of all spooled files on the system, and that sensitive and private information could be compromised.
Special authorities are just that ... special. They are NOT object-level authorities that determine what files or programs you can access and manipulate. Instead, they provide the ability to perform certain operational and administrative functions on the iSeries. This article explains the special authorities and points out the main exposures if they are not assigned judiciously.
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Free book excerpt -- IBM eServer iSeries: Built for e-business
With this book, author Bob Cancilla provides a road map for iSeries customers to identify and understand the tremendous wealth of e-business software bundled with OS/400.
Download sample chapter now
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View recent Search400.com webcasts
We've broadcast several events in the past few weeks, including the IT Excellence Awards Ceremony, Disaster recover for the iSeries, and How to integrate and streamline your RPG and Web development. If you missed a live event, you still have an opportunity to listen to the recording.
Click here to review our webcasts with industry experts
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The Search400.com IT Excellence Award winners
View the winners and find out why our panel of judges selected these two companies
E-business: Cole National for using WebSphere technologies, Intel/NT to the iSeries migration and integrating leading-edge e-commerce with back-end operations.
Scalability: The Chamberlain Group for implementing a scalable solution for business analysis with high performance data replication and query environment.
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| Security advice |
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