Resetting authentication configuration

You can reset the authentication configuration settings of IBM® Db2® Data Management Console.

About this task

When you reset the authentication configuration settings, only the setup administrator user account will be able to login into the console. Also, the privileges of each role are reset to default values.

Procedure

To reset the authentication settings:

  1. Navigate to the folder
    <dmc_install_location>/dsutil/bin/
  2. Run the enable_setup_admin.sh or enable_setup_admin.bat script to reset the authentication settings and/or modify the information of the setup administrator account.
    For example,
    • To reset the authentication configuration, run the following script:
      ./enable_setup_admin.sh
    • To reset the authentication configuration and change the password of setup admin, run the following script:
      ./enable_setup_admin.sh -p <new_password>
    • To reset the authentication configuration and change the user ID and password of setup admin, run the following script:
      ./enable_setup_admin.sh -u <new_user_ID> -p <new_password>