Re: Sticky bit set on linux password file

Looks like it was fixed in 10gR2. From the same RHEL5 server:

MKTDMO> sid
Your oracle_sid variable is set to: ORACLE_SID=MKTDMO Your oracle_home variable is set to: ORACLE_HOME=/u01/oracle/product/9.2.0 MKTDMO> ls -l
total 2404
...
-rwSr----- 1 oracle orainventory 2048 Jun 24 13:05 orapwCAPDMO -rwSr----- 1 oracle orainventory 2048 Jun 24 14:54 orapwMKTDMO

MKT10G> sid
Your oracle_sid variable is set to: ORACLE_SID=MKT10G Your oracle_home variable is set to: ORACLE_HOME=/u01/oracle/product/10.2.0 MKT10G> ls -l
total 12396
...
-rw-r----- 1 oracle orainventory 2048 Jul 1 13:20 orapwCAP10G -rw-r----- 1 oracle orainventory 2048 Jun 26 08:51 orapwMKT10G

I never noticed before this post ... Robyn

On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 3:39 PM, Stefan Knecht <knecht.stefan_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Jared
>
> It's not the sticky bit, it's the SETUID bit.
>
> But SETUID on a file, and not a directory, without the execute bit, has no
> effect.
>
> So "why" is a good question.
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 8:58 PM, Jared Still <jkstill_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Jared Still <jkstill_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>> I hit SEND just a bit too soon.
>>>
>>>
>> Gotta stop this stream of consciousness thing. :)
>>
>> Resetting the privs on the password file to 640 while the database is up,
>> and doing a remote logon as SYSDBA will cause the sticky bit to again
>> be set.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jared Still
>> Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
>>
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