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Updated 26 Nov 2009

Develop a security plug-in for DB2 database authentication
Develop a security plug-in for DB2 database authentication
Learn to design and develop a DB2 security plug-in that retrieves user ID, group, and group membership information from a DB2 database. This article has been updated with administrator interface information and support for Linux and AIX.  More

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