Credential mapping

Do these tasks to map credentials.

An administrator can perform credential mappings for a group of users. Alternatively, users can map their own credentials. The following table describes the credential mapping-related tasks that different types of users can complete:
Table 1. Credential mapping-related tasks for different user types
User type Permitted credential mapping-related tasks
InfoSphere® Information Server suite administrators, IBM® InfoSphere DataStage® administrators, and IBM InfoSphere QualityStage® administrators These users can define default engine tier operating system credentials to use for all users that are trying to connect to InfoSphere Information Server engine and that do not have a specific credential mapping defined.

For each individual InfoSphere Information Server user, these administrators can define specific engine tier operating system credentials to map to the InfoSphere Information Server user credentials.

InfoSphere DataStage and InfoSphere QualityStage users These users can define their own credential mappings in the Web console. Users can only define credentials for their user names.
Defining default credentials
You can define a default user name and password for the suite to map to each user's engine tier operating system user credentials.
Configuring your credentials
You can define a default user name and password for the suite to map to each user's engine tier operating system user credentials.
Mapping user credentials
You can map one or more user credentials to engine tier operating system user credentials.