Teradata Database Authentication

Teradata Parallel Transporter User Guide

Product

Parallel Transporter

Release Number

15.10

Language

English (United States)

Last Update

2018-10-07

dita:id

B035-2445

lifecycle

Product Category

Teradata Tools and Utilities

When a user accessing a Teradata Database is authenticated by the Teradata Database, values for the security attributes should be specified as follows:

Note: Make sure that any UserName specified in a Teradata PT job script has the privileges necessary to carry out all operations covered by the logon.

Security Attribute	Description	Strategy
UserName	The name of the user being authenticated for access to Teradata Database	Required. Specify a Teradata Database user name and password. For information about creating users and assigning passwords Security Administration.
UserPassword	The password associated with the UserName
TdpId	Identifies the connection to the Teradata Database	Optional. If you don't specify a TdpId, the system will use the default TdpId, as defined in the Teradata Client clispb.dat. To specify a TdpId, do the following: For mainframe-attached clients, this value is the identity of the Teradata Director Program through which Teradata PT connects to the database. For example: TDP6 For network-attached clients this value is the name of the interface to the Teradata Database system, or logical host group. For example: cs4400S3
LogonMech	The security mechanism used to authenticate the user. TD2 is required for all Teradata Database authentication.	Optional, depending on security setup. TD 2 is the default mechanism and the system will automatically defer to it unless the default has been set to another mechanism or TD 2 has been disabled.
LogonMechData	Data required only by external authentication mechanisms to complete the logon.	LogonMechData is not required for Teradata Database authentication, and is ignored.