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Re: privileges and synonyms and dblinks

From: Suzy Vordos <lvordos_at_qwest.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 09:48:57 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00488F5A.20020626094857@fatcity.com>

This happened to us a few weeks ago, select worked over db_link and desc didn't. Think it's a bug, not a privs problem.

> "Adams, Matthew (GEA, MABG, 088130)" wrote:
>
> All of a sudden this is not making sense to me.
>
> Oracle 8.1.7.3 on HP-UX 11i
>
> I have a public db link (link1)
>
> I have a user (user1) who creates a PRIVATE synonym.
> (user1.syn1) that points to a table on the other database
> using the dblink.
>
> User2, having ONLY the CONNECT role, cannot
> do a describe of user1.syn1, but CAN
> issue a 'select * from user1.syn1' and get data
> back. I know that since the db link is public with
> a account/password, he could get the data anyway by,
> but what I can figure out is why it resolves the synonym
> at all when it is private?
>
> Am I missing something here?
>
> ----
> Matt Adams - GE Appliances - matt.adams_at_appl.ge.com
> "Doing linear scans over an associative array is like
> trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi."
> - Larry Wall (creator of Perl)

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