Re: RMAN conundrum

If you type '{' at the password prompt, instead of ctrl-c it also logs you in. The closing bracket is then the first bracket to arrive...

Cheers,
Tony

Jared Still wrote:
> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Jared Still <jkstill_at_gmail.com
> <mailto:jkstill_at_gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> * How is the script able to connect without the target db user
> password?
>
>
> I just accidentally partially answered this question:
>
> D:\dba\bin>rman target backup_user/_at_b.radisys.com
> <http://b.radisys.com> nocatalog
>
> Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on Tue May 26
> 16:54:32 2009
>
> Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved.
>
> target database Password:
> connected to target database: B (DBID=9999999)
> using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
>
> RMAN>
>
> I did not enter the password: I hit <CTRL-C><ENTER> at the password
> prompt, and was logged in.
>
> This appears to be acting just as if I had used this command:
>
> rman target /_at_b.radisys.com <http://b.radisys.com> nocatalog
>
> which logs me in as SYSDBA
>
> I can't seem to find any documentation describing this behavior.
>
> Both 'slaxdebug' and 'debug trace <filename>' were used as well.
>
> Both forms of debug start their output following the logon, so they
> weren't much help.
>
>
> Jared Still
> Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
>
>
>
>

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