Purpose
Controls whether some unauthenticated user names are logged in the DBC.EventLog table as they were entered or as "Non-existent User".
Field Group
General
Valid Settings
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| TRUE | Preserve legacy Teradata Database behavior to log some unauthenticated user name values to DBC.EventLog. |
| FALSE | Log unauthenticated user name values as the literal "Non-existent User" in the DBC.EventLog table. |
Default
FALSE
Changes Take Effect
After the DBS Control record has been written.
Usage Notes
The name information is logged in the UserName and AuthUser columns of DBC.EventLog and in views that are based on this table, such as DBC.LogOnOffV.
In some cases, in Teradata Database releases without the LegacyUnAuthBehavior field, user names that could not be authenticated were nevertheless logged and visible in the DBC.EventLog table. When a user logs in to the database and types a user name and password, a common mistake is to accidentally enter the password in the user name field. Because this would be considered an "unauthenticated user" by the database, legacy behavior can risk having these misplaced passwords logged to the database.
The default setting of FALSE for LegacyUnAuthBehavior prevents these user names from being visible in the log by recording them as "Non-existent User".
Change this field value to TRUE if you want to preserve the legacy behavior, and record some user name values in the log.