RE: can't connect '/ as sysdba' -- "dba" group

From: Hemant K Chitale <hkchital_at_singnet.com.sg>
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 22:59:32 +0800
Message-Id: <7.0.1.0.0.20061207225808.01b9d9c8@singnet.com.sg>

Not true (unless you've encountered this "bug" on a specific version / patch release / platform).

I have used group names other than "dba" -- eg to run isolated oracle installations on the same server.

Hemant
At 07:45 AM Thursday, Mladen Gogala wrote:
>I believe that it is a bug, that the dba group is hard-coded
>into the sqlplus executable. That is why I ALWAYS use dba as
>a SYSDBA group name. The strace command should be able to
>reveal the secret.

Hemant K Chitale
http://web.singnet.com.sg/~hkchital

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Received on Thu Dec 07 2006 - 08:59:32 CST