Re: Unix account from PL/SQL ??

Hi Sunny,

Thanks for your help.
It seems to be the answered for me ;)
But I still hit one problem here,
I tried to invoke the SQL statement from my package. and when I compile the package,
It keeps giving me the error message :

PLS-00201: identifier 'SYS.V_$SESSION' must be declared

any idea what could be the problem ?

Another question,
What is the safe way to switch to another user in the shell script ? if I use su oracle or su - oracle,
normally it will prompt me for the password. How do I do that in the shell script,
Do I need to include the password as well ? Won't that be dangerous ?

Thanks a lot Sunny

Regards
Herman

• Original Message ----- To: <sherman_at_bcsis.com> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 12:24 AM

>
>
> Hello Herman,
>
> Correction :
> select osuser
> into <>
> from v$session
> where audsid = userenv('sessionid');
>
> should give you the unix userid from within pl/sql
>
> For the second question, I think it's called the "Sticky bit" setting on
a
> file's permissions where it basically does a "switch user" to the owner
> before executing it. So regardless of who in the group runs oracle, it
will
> be run as Oracle.
>
> thanks,
> Sunny
>
>
> >From: "Herman Susantio" <sherman_at_bcsis.com>
> >Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> >Subject: Unix account from PL/SQL ??
> >Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2001 18:25:18 -0800
> >
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I've got 2 questions here : (Platform : Sun Solaris) :
> >
> >1. What is the command in PL/SQL to get unix userID who logged in when I
> >execute PL/SQL
> > script ?
> >2. I have created a new user : ABC123, and the primary group is oinstall.
> > When I start oracle instance using ABC123, how come the process
still
> >belong to another
> > user (oracle) ?
> >
> >Any feedback would be greatly appreciated
> >
> >Thanks & Regards
> >Herman
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
> >--
> >Author: Herman Susantio
> > INET: sherman_at_bcsis.com
> >
> >Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051
> >San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists
> >--------------------------------------------------------------------
> >To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message
> >to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in
> >the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L
> >(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may
> >also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
>
>

-- 
Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
-- 
Author: Herman Susantio
  INET: sherman_at_bcsis.com

Fat City Network Services    -- (858) 538-5051  FAX: (858) 538-5051
San Diego, California        -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists
--------------------------------------------------------------------
To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message
to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in
the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L
(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from).  You may
also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).