tdtrusted Logons - Analytics Database - Teradata Vantage

Database Administration

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
VMware
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
ft:locale
en-US
ft:lastEdition
2024-10-04
dita:mapPath
pgf1628096104492.ditamap
dita:ditavalPath
qkf1628213546010.ditaval
dita:id
ujp1472240543947
lifecycle
latest
Product Category
Teradata Vantageā„¢

The tdtrusted group is created automatically at installation of Vantage. tdtrusted access allows nearly all command-line monitoring and administration of Teradata. The advantages of using tdtrusted include greater security because root access is limited and greater accountability because administrative user actions are recorded under each account rather than as the root user.

Non-root accounts that administer Teradata must be members of the tdtrusted group on all Vantage nodes. Each customer site should determine how to implement this within site-specific account management policies. tdtrusted logons rely on standard UNIX account management facilities.