Specifies the type of authentication to be used with file
DSN or DSN-less connectivity.
- db2cli.ini keyword syntax:
- Authentication = CERTIFICATE | SERVER | SERVER_ENCRYPT | SERVER_ENCRYPT_AES | DATA_ENCRYPT | KERBEROS | GSSPLUGIN | CERTIFICATE
- Default setting:
- Not
specified
- Usage notes:
- The Authentication keyword can be set in
the data source section ([data source]) of the db2cli.ini file,
or in a connection string.
When you set the
Authentication keyword,
you must also set the following
CLI/ODBC
keywords in the
db2cli.ini file:
If the Protocol keyword is set to IPC (Protocol=IPC),
you must also set the Instance keyword.
If
the
Protocol keyword is set to
TCPIP (
Protocol=
TCPIP),
you must set the following
CLI/ODBC
keywords in the
db2cli.ini file:
If
the Authentication keyword is set to KERBEROS,
you must also set the TargetPrinciple keyword.
When the Authentication keyword is set to Kerberos,
you can optionally specify the KRBPlugin keyword.
If the KRBPlugin keyword is not specified, the
default IBMkrb5 plug-in is used.
In
Version 9.7 Fix Pack 6 and later, you can specify the SSL client authentication
by setting the
Authentication keyword to the
CERTIFICATE value
in the
db2cli.ini for connection to
DB2® for z/OS® servers
with following conditions:
- A connection to the server must be established with the CLI driver.
The CERTIFICATE authentication is specific to CLI,
and ODBC connections.
- DB2 for z/OS server
must be Version 10 or later. If you are connecting to DB2 for z/OS Version
10 server, APAR PM53450 must be installed.
- Connections to DB2 for z/OS server
must be a direct connection between DB2 client
and supported DB2 for z/OS server.
You cannot use DB2 Connect
server as a gateway to establish connection to target DB2 for z/OS servers.
- The SSLCLientLabel keyword must set.
- A connection to supported DB2 for z/OS servers
must be made with the application connection string, the IBM® data server driver configuration file or
the db2cli.ini file. You cannot use the local
database catalog to establish connections to DB2 for z/OS servers.
- You cannot specify a user password.
DB2 Version 9.7 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows