Troubleshooting
Problem
Unexpectedly an attempt to activate or connect to a database is failing with error message for reason "42" ("ROOT CAPABILITY REQUIRED") even though the DB2 installation was performed as root.
Symptom
Attempts to activate or connect to a database fail with the following message:
SQL30082N Security processing failed with reason "42" ("ROOT CAPABILITY REQUIRED")
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Modified date:
30 April 2025
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