Re: Unix script to stop pwd-protected listener

Hi,

we have lsnrctl with 750 and listener.ora with 600 permissions and everything runs fine. For "job stopping" process you can then use the encrypted password wirtten in listener.ora.

HTH,
         Mike

Long.Nguyen_at_csiro.au wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Solaris 8, Oracle 9i listener
>
> It seems that anyone who has a login on Solaris can shut the listener down. I have tried with a non-dba userid and could stop the listener.
>
> The default file permission for ORACLE_HOME/bin/lsnrctl is 751, and for ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/listener.ora file is 644. I asked Oracle if I could change them to 750 and 640 respectively and they said that you should not change the
> defaults since they are verified against the system.
>
> So I password protected it. However to stop a password-protect listener you need to do the following interactively: run lsnrctl, issue "set password" command, put in the password, issue "stop", issue "exit".
>
> I need to implement this stop in a Shell script so that I can call the script at the server reboot time. Do you know how to supply a password to lsnrctl set password command in a script? Have attempted with the script but have not got it
> worked yet.
>
> Thanks
> Long
>
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