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To set up the user environment

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Ensure that your execution path contains the name of the directory in which you placed the run time executable that includes for DB2.
Set the A_DB2_LOGIN and A_DB2_PASSWD variables, either in your environment or in the .
Also, consider whether or not setting the USER_PATH variable would be useful in your setup situation. For security reasons, it is best to set the password variable from your COBOL program by asking the user to enter a password and then executing:
```
SET ENVIRONMENT "A_DB2_PASSWD" TO user-entry
```
You may want to make and use a personalized copy of the to avoid impacting other users. You could use the A_CONFIG environment variable to identify a personal .
Define any other variables you require for your unique environment.
Possible variables define error map file location, locking method, commit count, commit timing, and BINARY/CHAR type conversion.