Information Catalog Manager Administration Guide

Authorizing Information Catalog Manager users to manage objects

You can give specific Information Catalog Manager users in your organization authority to manage and update objects in an information catalog. Authorized Information Catalog Manager users can do tasks such as creating, updating, and exporting objects.

To authorize Information Catalog Manager users:

1. From the menu bar of the Information Catalog window, click Catalog --> Manage users.

   The Manage Information Catalog Users window opens.

2. In the New user ID field, type the user ID of the Information Catalog Manager user that you want to authorize to manage objects.
3. Click Add. The new user ID is added to the Users list.
4. Click OK to complete the authorization and commit the changes to the information catalog.

To remove an Information Catalog Manager user ID from the list of authorized user IDs:

1. Click on the user ID in the Users list.
2. Click Remove.
3. Click OK to complete the authorization and commit the changes to the information catalog.

Setting and changing information catalog administrators: You can use the Manage Information Catalog Users window to change the user IDs of your information catalog administrators. You can enter the user IDs of the primary and backup administrators in the Primary user ID and Backup user ID fields, respectively.

Before you change the primary administrator, ensure that the new primary administrator has SYSADM authority if your information catalog is stored in a DB2 UDB for Windows NT, DB2 UDB for AIX, DB2 UDB for the Solaris Operating Environment, DB2 UDB EEE, DB2 UDB for OS/390, or DB2 UDB for OS/2 database. If your information catalog is stored in a DB2 UDB for AS/400 database, make sure that the new primary administrator has ALLOBJ authority.

If you enter an incorrect user ID for both primary and backup administrators and cannot access your information catalog, use the Information Catalog Manager ALTERKA command to set the correct user ID. To change an administrator for an information catalog, enter the following command at an MS-DOS command prompt:

X:Program Files\SQLLIB\BIN\ALTERKA

where X is the drive where the DB2 Universal Database is installed.

At the prompt, enter the information catalog name, user ID, and password. Separate the values with blanks:

ICMSAMP longods secret

At the prompt, enter the administrator user ID that you want to alter, the action (add, delete, or update), and the user ID type (primary or backup). Separate the values with blanks:

valdezma D B

The example deletes the backup administrator user ID, valdezma.