Oracle-L: RE: How to keep "root" out?

From: DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 08:29:26 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005CDC19.20030828082926@fatcity.com>

Walter

You may be able to approach this from a security aspect. You could discuss with your management whether it is a good idea for the system administrators to be in a database. Depending on the security or SLA requirements of the database, you may have some leverage there.

Dennis Williams
DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com

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Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 11:10 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Well, first of all, root should not be in your dba group...

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Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 8:34 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Just for grins, I'll ask this question... Is there any way to keep the Unix "root" user from logging into the database (i.e. connect internal or / as sysdba)? Currently using 8.1.7.4 on Solaris 8 here.

We have a couple people in our Unix admin group that feel the need to "help" by writing their own DB monitoring scripts. Of course, they don't know what they're talking about. They do not have formal logins for the database, but since they are root users they are connecting via "connect internal". This is not only counterproductive but actually a potential security issue--just because someone has root doesn't necessarily entitle them to see the data in the database. What if it is a payroll database?

So, I'm curious, is there any way to prevent access via "connect internal" or "/ as sysdba"?

Thanks in advance.

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