RE: RE: change unix user when running external procedure

Apparently the way to do this is to set up a seperate external procedure listener to run as the appropriate user.

Unfortunately utl_file still seems to run as oracle

John

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> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 10:06 PM
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> Subject: Re:RE: change unix user when running external procedure
>
> John,
>
> Sorry, I wasn't sure it would work either. Can you change the
> permissions
> on the file to be read to public read access?
>
> Dick Goulet
>
> ____________________Reply Separator____________________
> Author: John Dunn <john.dunn_at_sefas.co.uk>
> Date: 3/14/2001 1:25 AM
>
> Dick....I tried this but it didn't work...
>
> When I write a file using my shared libary the ownership is still oracle,
> not john
>
>
> -rwsrwxrwx 1 john john myClib.so
>
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 oracle dba testfile
>
> John
>
>
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> > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 10:01 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: Re:change unix user when running external procedure
> >
> >
> > John,
> >
> > I'm not totally sure this will work, but it's worth a try.
> >
> > Create the shared library file (.so in Unix land) as the owner of the
> file
> > that
> > needs to be read. Then set the suid bit on the .so file. Make sure
> there
> > is
> > execute priviledges to public as well I thins it's "chmod 755". When
> the
> > external procedure is called it should launch under the original owner's
> > account/permissions.
> >
> > Dick Goulet
> > ____________________Reply Separator____________________
> > Author: John Dunn <john.dunn_at_sefas.co.uk>
> > Date: 3/13/2001 9:11 AM
> >
> > I am running an external C procedure. The C function needs to access
> > afile...but it is not owned by oracle and is read only for the user that
> > does own it.
> >
> > Is there anyway that I can access this file? External procedures always
> > seem
> > to run as oracle.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
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