Restricting access to data
You can restrict access to data with an option of the START DB2 command.
Procedure
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, installation SYSOPR, or SECADM 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.
