RE: Connect using EIM authentication

EIM is the single-signon package included in the base IBMi. Users don't have passwords.



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From: David Gibbs via JAVA400-L [mailto:java400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 10:06 AM
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Subject: Re: Connect using EIM authentication

On 3/10/20 9:59 AM, Justin Taylor wrote:

My assumption is that I need a parameter on my connection string, but
I can't seem to find one. I looked thru this list
(https://javadoc.midrange.com/jtopen/com/ibm/as400/access/doc-files/JD
BCProperties.html), but I didn't see anything. I tried setting
"prompt" to false, but the connection simply failed.

I've never worked with EIM, but shouldn't basic authentication work?

How are you trying to authenticate? Do you have a userid & password to pass in the JDBC connection properties?

david

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