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 About DB2 instance user and fenced user in RedHat OS

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Ken Iida posted Tue April 22, 2025 03:49 AM

When adding a DB2 instance user and a fenced user as accounts on the RedHat OS, is it possible to run DB2 with their login shell set to /sbin/nologin?

If I set the login shell to /sbin/nologin, I will not be able to log in and work with that account, but since DB2 uses these accounts for only authentication, I think that DB2 itself will still run even if I cannot log in with db2inst1 or db2fenc1.

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Jan Nelken IBM Champion

How are you planning to do DBA tasks which can be performed with Db2 instance owner credentials?