Create a user on a Linux system

We can use the console command interface or the GUI utility to create a user named itimuser on the computer on which the DB2 server is installed.

No special privileges are required for this user. Ensure that a password change is not required at the next logon and that the password never expires.

The ISIM Server uses the default user ID itimuser to access the database. We can also create our own user ID.

There are two methods to create a user on a Linux system:

• Use the console command interface to enter the command:

  useradd -d /home/itimuser -p password itimuser

  The -d switch specifies the home directory. The entry itimuser specifies the user ID that is created.

• Use the graphical User Manager application to create a user on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux system:
  1. Use one of these methods to create a user:

     • From the graphical User Manager application, select Applications > System Settings > Users and Groups. Or,
     • Start the graphical User Manager by typing redhat-config-users at a shell prompt.

     The Add User window opens.

  2. Click Add User.

  3. In the Create New User dialog box, enter a username, the full name of the user for whom this account is being created, and a password.

  4. Click OK.

Test the user access. Ensure that we can log on with the user ID itimuser without encountering a password reset.

Create ISIM database.

Parent topic: Manual configuration of the DB2 server

Related tasks

• Create a user on Windows and UNIX systems
• Create ISIM database
• Ensuring that TCP/IP communication is specified