db2credman - Credential and security key management command
Use this tool for credential and key management tasks.
Authorization
SYSADM
Required connection
None
Command syntax
Command parameters
- -stash
- Stores the password in obfuscated form in a stash file. A stash file allows the database manager to read the obfuscated password when the PKCS #11 keystore is accessed.
- -password pw
-
Specifies the keystore password to be stashed. If a password is not specified, you will be prompted to provide one.
- -to stash_file.sth
-
Specifies the path to the file where the password is stashed.
- -version or -v
-
Prints the program's version.
- -h or -help
-
Displays the help for this command.
Examples
- To stash the password to a file:
This example stashes the provided password to the file pkcs11_pwd.sthdb2credman -stash -password Str0ngPassw0rd -to ~/pkcs11_pwd.sth
- To prompt for the password and stash it to a file:
db2credman -stash -to ~/pkcs11_pwd.sth
- To print the db2credman description and syntax information, type either of
the following commands:
ordb2credman -help
db2credman -h
Usage notes
- The -stash parameter is mandatory.
- The -to parameter is mandatory.