Restricting access to data

You can restrict access to data with an option of the START DB2 command.

Procedure

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To restrict access to data:

Issue the START DB2 command with one of the following options:
ACCESS(MAINT)
To limit access to users who have installation SYSADM or installation SYSOPR authority.

Users with those authorities can do maintenance operations such as recovering a database or taking image copies. To restore access to all users, stop DB2® and then restart it, either omitting the ACCESS keyword or specifying ACCESS(*).

ACCESS(*)
To allow all authorized users to connect to DB2.

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