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DB2 - Problem description

Problem IC84254 Status: Closed

DB2ADUTL TRUNCATES THE USERNAME AND NODENAME TO 7 CHARACTERS

product:
DB2 FOR LUW / DB2FORLUW / A10 - DB2
Problem description:
When calling the db2adutl utility with the 'GRANT' or 'REVOKE' 
options on DB2 v97fp5. The db2adutl utility will truncate the 
instance owner and node name to 7 characters. The truncation 
occurs when parsing the user and nodename parameters from the 
command line. 
 
The excerpt below demonstrates the symptoms of this problem: 
 
$ db2adutl grant user XXXXXXXX on nodename NNNNNNNN for db 
<database_name> 
Successfully added permissions for db2inst to access 
<database_name> on node NNNNNNN. 
 
$ db2adutl queryaccess 
 
Node                 Username             Database Name   Type 
-------------------------------------------------------------- 
NNNNNNN              XXXXXXX             <database_name> 
A 
-------------------------------------------------------------- 
Access Types:  B - backup images   L - logs   A - both
Problem Summary:
**************************************************************** 
* USERS AFFECTED:                                              * 
* All users running DB2 v10 GA                                 * 
**************************************************************** 
* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         * 
* See Error Description                                        * 
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* RECOMMENDATION:                                              * 
* Upgrade to DB2 v10.1 FP1 or higher                           * 
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Local Fix:
available fix packs:
DB2 Version 10.1 Fix Pack 1 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
DB2 Version 10.1 Fix Pack 2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
DB2 Version 10.1 Fix Pack 3 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
DB2 Version 10.1 Fix Pack 4 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
DB2 Version 10.1 Fix Pack 3a for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
DB2 Version 10.1 Fix Pack 6 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows

Solution
The problem was fixed in DB2 v10 FP1
Workaround
not known / see Local fix
Timestamps
Date  - problem reported    :
Date  - problem closed      :
Date  - last modified       :
13.06.2012
13.11.2012
13.11.2012
Problem solved at the following versions (IBM BugInfos)
Problem solved according to the fixlist(s) of the following version(s)
10.1.0.1 FixList
10.5.0.1 FixList