3.1.10 Authenticate federated users at the instance level

Information

The fed_noauth parameter determines whether federated authentication will be bypassed at the instance. It is recommended that this parameter be set to no.

Solution

1. Attach to the DB2 instance
db2 => attach to $DB2INSTANCE
2. Run the following command from the DB2 command window-
db2 => update database manager configuration using fed_noauth no

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/162

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-3

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