Question :
I am an oracle/sql server DBA having limited knowledge in IBM DB2. We have DB2 9.7 fp4 running on AIX 6. I would like to create a new user and grant him READ only privilege on a particular database. Please help!
Thanks & Regards
Mohammed
Answer :
There is no read only privilege on a database in DB2. You will need to grant SELECT
privileges on specific tables, preferably via a role to avoid doing this multiple times.
- Create a new database role, e.g.
create role readonly
. - Grant
SELECT
privileges on the required tables to that role:
grant select on myschema.mytable to role readonly
. - Create a new user in the operating system, e.g.
# mkuser newuser
. - Grant the role to the user:
grant role readonly to user newuser
.
Note that the new user will likely need to change the initial password before he or she can connect to the database.