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Checking the security credentials that are used by an broker
To check what security credentials are set on an broker that is connected to a remote system or database, use the mqsireportdbparms command.
If you have an broker that accesses external resources, you can check what security credentials are set if a security identity was created for the broker. For more information, see Database security. If security credentials are not set, then no results are returned.
You can also check whether a password is valid for a set of security credentials. You might want to check a password if you recently updated a password while the broker was running, to see if the new password is effective.
To review the security credentials that are set for an broker, complete the following steps.
In the previous step, you can identify which brokers have security profiles. If you want to check that you have a valid password for a specific user ID:
Additionally, the command returns if the broker was restarted after a password change, so that you know what password is valid for the broker while it is running.