Re: SYS not able to GRANT -- Strange !

its always been that way, its not strange, sys has NEVER been able to grant privs on other owner's objects.

i think that has changed in 9i but its late and my brain is fuzzy.

joe

Prem Khanna J wrote:

>Guys,
>
>CONNECT SYS AS SYSDBA;
>
> create user testuser1 identified by testuser1 ;
> grant connect, resource to testuser1;
>
> create user testuser2 identified by testuser2 ;
> grant create session to testuser2;
>
> create table testuser1.table1 ( a int ) ;
>
> grant select on testuser1.table1 to testuser2;
> error at line 1:
> ora-01031: insufficient privileges
>
>WHERE AS :
>
> connect testuser1/testuser1;
>
> grant select on testuser1.table1 to testuser2;
>
> grant succeeded.
>
>
>why is it so ?
>why sys is not able to GRANT ?
>seems to be strange !
>
>the env. is 8.1.6.0./win2k.
>
>Jp.
>
>
>
>

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