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RE: Droping System User

From: JOE TESTA <JTESTA_at_longaberger.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 09:10:48 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.003B164F.20011022090024@fatcity.com>

i'm with you kimberly, but i some things, i guess just aint worth digging too deep into.  Kinda like altering user$ to change a username instead of exp/imp.
 
joe
>>> kimberly.smith_at_gmd.fujitsu.com 10/22/01 12:15PM
>>>Um, I have to disagree, although I must admit I will not try
it.  Itsa good way for people to get used to backup and recover.  And that is never a bad thing.-----Original Message-----Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 5:11 AMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSo - why bother? Your having problems doing it - it SHOULDN'T be done! Whytest something, and if it doesn't work try to get to the bottom of it - whenyou should NEVER put it in to practice anyway?Your wasting precious time that could be spent reading abouttuning/backup/recovery/new features etc.Give up :)Markalter user system identified by
*********-----Original Message-----Gholam HussainSent: Monday, October 22, 2001 12:41To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LHi Joe,I am doing that on a test DB .Some guys were able to drop SYSTEM userwithout any probem ...But I am facing some problem while droping it ..Regards ..> -----Original Message----->

From:    Joe Testa [SMTP:teci_at_the-testas.net]> 
Sent:    Monday, October 22, 2001 2:15 PM> 
To:    Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L> 
Subject:    Re: Droping System User>> sure dont drop system user.>> joe> Ahmed Gholam Hussain wrote:> >> > Hi all ,> > I am unable to drop SYSTEM user in the first place ..I am getting this> error> > while trying to drop it :> >> > SQL> drop user system cascade;> > drop user system cascade> > *> > ERROR at line 1:> > ORA-00604: error occurred at recursive SQL level 1> > ORA-00942: table or view does not exist> >> > Please , can anybody explain to  me why I am getting this error ?> >> > Regards> >> > > -----Original
Message-----> > > From: Nirmal Kumar  Muthu Kumaran [SMTP:NIRMALK_at_qtel.com.qa]> > > Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 12:55 PM> > > To:   Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L> > > Subject:      RE: Droping System User> > >> > > hi ....> >
>> > > I took risk in my test DB by dropping the user 'SYSTEM'. As you> tested,> > > the same steps i repeated in mine, all are fine, until before.> > >> > > Now i shutdown my database and startup again, here the problem arises.> > > Oracle mount the database but while opening the database, the instance> has> > > been terminated by PMON.> > >> > > Sat Oct 20 10:57:45 2001> > > PMON: terminating instance due to error 470> > > Instance terminated by PMON, pid = 316> > >> > > Oracle posted the following error continuosly in the alert log:> > >> > > SMON: following errors trapped and ignored:> > > ORA-00376: file 1 cannot be read at this time> > > ORA-01110: data file 1:
'D:\ORACLE\ORADATA\ORCLSVR\SYSTEM01.DBF'> > >> > > Am crusious, come to know what type of problem you have faced?....> > >> > > Regards,> > > Nirmal> >
>> > > -----Original Message-----> > >
From:   Jacques Kilchoer [SMTP:Jacques.Kilchoer_at_quest.com]> > > Sent:   Friday, October 05, 2001 12:30 AM> > > To:     Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L> > > Subject:        RE: Droping System
User> > >> > > > -----Original Message-----> > > > From: Jared.Still_at_radisys.com [ < <<A href="">mailto:Jared.Still_at_radisys.com>>]> > > >> > > > Dropping the SYSTEM user is not really all that traumatic.> > > >> > > > In most cases it's just a DBA account that may own some pieces you'd> > > > rather not lose, but dropping SYSTEM will not be noticed by the> users> > > > of the database.> > >> > >> >
> That's the impression I get. When I looked at the objects owned by> SYSTEM> > > in my test database before the drop, none of them seemed vital.> > >> > > On the other hand, dropping sys would probably be bad, but I wasn't> able> > > to do that (insufficient privileges.)> > > Trying to drop sys tables like sys.user$ caused an ORA-00701.> > > So since I'm on a quest to wound this database, I tried this:> > >> > > SQL> delete from sys.user$ where name = 'SYS' ;> > > 1 ligne supprimée.> > > SQL> commit ;> > > Validation effectuée.> > >> > > So far no ill effects!> > >> > --> > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: <A href="">http://www.orafaq.com> > -->
> Author: Ahmed Gholam Hussain> >   INET: ahussain_at_gisqatar.org.qa> >> > Fat City Network Services    -- (858) 538-5051  FAX: (858) 538-5051> > San Diego, California        -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists> >
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