Re: Installation of ORACLE on UNIX Systems

From: Scooter Thomas <thomas_at_aol.com>
Date: 1996/12/09
Message-ID: <32AC959F.5A82@aol.com>#1/1

Jennifer Arrington wrote:
>
> I need some opinions on the separation of system and database
> administration duties for ORACLE. Should the DBA be given the root
> password in order for him to install ORACLE or should the SYS ADMIN run
> the few scripts required during the installation and keep the root
> password and its powers out of the DBA's hands? What are other shops
> doing about this?
>
> Thanx,
>
> jennifer arrington

Jennifer,

You need to give your Database Administrators the privileges they require to do their job. The Database Administrator's job does overlap with the System Administors job sometimes, but that's real life. Give your DBA the resources he or she needs to do the job.

ST Received on Mon Dec 09 1996 - 00:00:00 CST