User Authentication with DB2 for Windows NT
User authentication can cause problems for Windows NT users because of the way the operating system authenticates.
DB2 for Windows NT User Name and Group Name Restrictions
The following are the limitations in this environment:
User names are limited to 30 characters within DB2. Group names are limited to 8 characters.
User names under Windows NT are not case sensitive; however, passwords are case sensitive.
User names and group names can be a combination of upper- and lowercase characters. However, they are usually converted to uppercase when used within DB2. For example, if you connect to the database and create the table schema1.table1, this table is stored as SCHEMA1.TABLE1 within the database. (If ...
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