DB2 Connect User's Guide

Configuring the DB2 Connect Workstation for Password Expiration Management

Once the host password expiration management transaction program is configured you will need to configure your DB2 Connect workstation to communicate with the host program. This configuration involves two steps:

1. Define a symbolic destination name for the host password maintenance program in the SNA subsystem on your DB2 Connect workstation.

2. Record this symbolic destination name in the DCS directory for the databases that reside on this host system.

Step 1. Define Symbolic Destination Name

How you define symbolic destination name for the host password expiration management program depends on what SNA subsystem you are using:

• If you are using an SNA subsystem that can be configured by the DB2 Client Configuration Assitant (CCA) then you should use CCA to configure this symbolic destination name. You will need to obtain the LU name for the password expiration management program from your MVS administrator.

• If your SNA subsystem can not be configured using DB2 CCA you should follow documentation provided with your SNA subsystem to configure the symbolic destination name. You will need to obtain the following information from your MVS administrator:

  • Network name for the host that you are connecting to

  • LU name for the host password expiration management program

  When configuring symbolic destination name you will also need to specify x'06F3F0F1' (hexadecimal number) for the Transaction Program (TP) name and set security to "NONE". You can specify mode such as #INTER or any other mode that your MVS may suggest to you.

Step 2. Record Symbolic Destination Name in the DCS Directory

If you are running DB2 Connect on a platform that provides DB2 CCA then you should use DB2 CCA to update your DCS directory with the symbolic destination name for the host password expiration management program. You should be able to do this regardless of the SNA subsystem on your DB2 Connect workstation.

You can also use catalog dcs database command (from DB2 CLP) to record the symbolic destination name in the DCS directory. For example:

 catalog dcs database db1 as dsn_db_1 parms ",,,,,,,CHGPWD_SDN=pempgm"

records "pempgm" as the symbolic destination name that is to be used when users request to change passwords for database "db1".

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