db2locssh - Run commands on a remote host as user root

Authorization

Required connection

Command syntax

>>-db2locssh--+-generate_keys--+------------------------------------------+-+-><
              |                '- -keysize--keysize-- -exponent--exponent-' |   
              +-version-----------------------------------------------------+   
              +-reset_config------------------------------------------------+   
              +-display_config----------------------------------------------+   
              +-set_gskit_path--path-to-gskit-------------------------------+   
              +-discover_gskit----------------------------------------------+   
              +-set_time_delta--time-delta-in-seconds-----------------------+   
              +-set_debug_level--+-1-+--------------------------------------+   
              |                  '-2-'                                      |   
              +-set_db2sshid--ssh-id----------------------------------------+   
              +-set_fips_mode--+-on--+--------------------------------------+   
              |                '-off-'                                      |   
              '-root@<host>--command----------------------------------------'   

Command parameters

generate_keys

Generates a pair of private and public keys on the host that the db2locssh command is executed on. The default value of keysize is 2048. If you want to specify a key size and exponent, you must use the -keysize and -exponent options.

version

Returns the current db2locssh version used on the local host.

reset_config

Reset the db2locssh configurations.

display_config

Display the current db2locssh configurations.

set_gskit_path

Specifies the file path to IBM Global Security Kit (GSKit) packages.

discover_gskit

Attempts to locate GSKit packages on an installed DB2 instance.

set_time_delta

Configure the amount of time allowed to elapse between issuing a command on the local host and receiving the command on the remote host. The unit of the provided value must be seconds. Default is 0 which means this check is disabled.

set_debug_level

1

Only log errors in the system log.

2

Log errors and debug information in the system log.

set_db2sshid

Set the ID that the current host uses to establish an SSH connection to other hosts in the cluster.

set_fips_mode

off

Disable the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) off. This is the default setting.

on

Enable FIPS.

root@<host>

Run command on <host> as user root.