Re: os roles

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 16:47:50 -0800
Message-ID: <1074127593.531462@yasure>

Andy Hassall wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 20:41:42 +0100, "lc.livia" <lc.livia_at_free.fr> wrote:
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>>I would like have an example for using   os role with oracle

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> See the manual:
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> http://otn.oracle.com/pls/db92/db92.drilldown?remark=&word=os+roles&book=&preference=
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> http://otn.oracle.com/pls/db92/db92.drilldown?remark=&word=OS_ROLES+&book=&preference=
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> http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/win.920/a95492/external.htm#1006125

First time I've ever seen this. What a truly rotten idea. Has anyone an example of when this might be a good idea? Or perhaps I should ask a better idea than roles inside the database?

This would make migration a pain and with some operating systems severely compromise security.

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