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you're not stuck NOTHING should be logging in as sys anyways, if you
change it and someone is, too bad.
You're living way to dangerously letting anyone/application login as sys.
joe
Don Dealy II wrote:
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> The dba left and now we are stuck!
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> We know the SYSTEM password, but we don't know the SYS password. Is there any way that this can be "hacked" (Ver 8.0.5.1.1) so we can know what it is?
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> Yes, we could change it, but nobody knows what scripts or other applications rely on the current SYS password. It's kind of a sticky wicket.
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> We want to get OEM 2.1 up and running with the intelligent agent, but that may require building the password file. Will that mess up the current SYS password?
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-- Joe Testa http://www.oracle-dba.com No you can't fix an ORA-600 error, call Oracle Support.Received on Tue Dec 12 2000 - 06:56:01 CST