Re: sys/password in Oracle

Does it work?

abel rojas
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Pete Finnigan <pete_at_petefinnigan.com> wrote in message news:<twmD$OBYoCH$Ewb9_at_peterfinnigan.demon.co.uk>...
> Hi
>
> It is possible to make 9i behave as 8i but it is a big security hole to
> do so. This hole was closed to stop any user having SELECT ANY TABLE
> from being able to also see the data dictionary. I would lobby the
> application vendor to either allow you to add the keywords "as sysdba"
> or to use another user.
>
> If you must make it behave as 8i then set the
> O7_DICTIONARY_ACCESSIBILITY parameter to TRUE in the init.ora file and
> start the database with pfile='init.ora' file and then you can migrate
> the init.ora file to spfile.
>
> If it is just to install the app then change the parameter and install
> it and then put it back asap!!
>
> hth
>
> kind regards
>
> Pete
Received on Thu Aug 07 2003 - 00:15:07 CDT