Securing the Lawson Database Driver Configuration File

If your security and data access strategy includes determination of the database user and password in the database driver configuration file, you should restrict knowledge of the IBM DB2 Lawson user name and password to the database administrator and anyone else in your organization who must perform database administration tasks. Use this procedure to secure the IBM database driver configuration file.

  1. In Windows Explorer, right-click the IBM configuration file, found in this location:

    %LAWDIR%\productline|dataarea\IBM

    Note: The Lawson database driver configuration file in each product line must be secured.
  2. Select Properties > Security.
  3. Use the check boxes to specify Full Control access to the file for the users System and Administrators. This prevents any other users from viewing the contents of this file.
  4. Click OK to save the changes.