Password IBM data server driver configuration keyword
Defines the default password.
- Equivalent CLI keyword
- PWD
- Equivalent IBM® data server provider for .NET connection string keyword
- PWD
- IBM data server driver configuration file (db2dsdriver.cfg) syntax
<parameter name=Password
value=password
/>- Default setting:
- None
- Usage notes:
- The Password keyword value is used if a password
is not provided by the application at connect time.
It is stored as plain text in the IBM data server driver configuration file (db2dsdriver.cfg). If you are concerned about security, do not set the Password keyword.
A password phrase can be used as the password when you access Db2® for z/OS® servers. A password phrase is a character string that consists of mixed-case letters, numbers, and special characters, which includes blanks. Password phrases have security advantages over passwords in that they are long enough to withstand most hacking attempts yet are unlikely to be written down because they are so easy to remember.