CREATE PROFILE
Valid in: SQL, ESQL, OpenAPI, ODBC, JDBC, .NET
The CREATE PROFILE statement creates a new user profile.
A user profile is a set of subject privileges and other attributes that can be applied to a user or set of users. Each user can be given a profile, which provides the default attributes for that user.
A profile includes:
• Subject privileges
• Default subject privileges
• Default user groups
• Security auditing attributes
• Expire date
A default profile, which can be changed by the system administrator, is created during installation. It determines the default user attributes when no profile is specified. The initial default profile is:
• NOPRIVILEGES
• NODEFAULT_PRIVILEGES
• NOEXPIRE_DATE
• NOGROUP
• NOSECURITY_AUDIT
Syntax
The CREATE PROFILE statement has the following format:
[EXEC SQL] CREATE PROFILE profile_name [WITH with_item {,with_item}]
with_item = NOPRIVILEGES | PRIVILEGES = ( priv {, priv} )
| NOGROUP | GROUP = default_group
| SECURITY_AUDIT= ( audit_opt {,audit_opt})
| NOEXPIRE_DATE | EXPIRE_DATE = 'expire_date'
| DEFAULT_PRIVILEGES = (priv {,priv})| ALL
| NODEFAULT_PRIVILEGES
profile_name
Defines the name of the profile that is being created. Must be a valid object name that is unique in the installation.
priv
Specifies a subject privilege, as described in
CREATE USER.
Default: NOPRIVILEGES if the privileges clause is omitted.
default_group
Specifies the default group for users with this profile. Must be an existing group. For details about groups, see
CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE (X100 Only). To specify that the user is not assigned to a group, use the NOGROUP option. If the GROUP clause is omitted, the default is NOGROUP.
audit_opt
Defines security audit options, as described in
CREATE USER.
expire_date
Specifies an optional expiration date associated with each user using this profile. Any valid date can be used. When the expiration date is reached, the user is no longer able to log on. If NOEXPIRE_DATE is specified, this profile has no expiration limit.
DEFAULT_PRIVILEGES = ( priv {, priv} ) | ALL | NODEFAULT_PRIVILEGES
Defines the privileges initially active. These must be a subset of those privileges granted to the user.
ALL
All the privileges held by the profile are initially active.
NODEFAULT_PRIVILEGES
No privileges are initially active.
Note: If attributes are defined at both the user level and the profile level, the attributes at the user level are used.
Embedded Usage
The WITH clause in the embedded CREATE PROFILE statement can be specified using a host string variable (with :hostvar).
Permissions
You must have MAINTAIN_USERS privilege and be connected to the iidbdb database.
• You must have MAINTAIN_AUDIT privilege to change security audit attributes.
Locking
The CREATE PROFILE statement locks the iiprofile system catalog exclusively.
Related Statements
ALTER PROFILE
ALTER USER
CREATE USER
DROP PROFILE
DROP USER
Last modified date: 11/09/2022