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Re: Passwords

From: Jonathan Gennick <gennick_at_worldnet.att.net>
Date: 26 Sep 1998 18:46:05 GMT
Message-ID: <361e2d60.11044985@netnews.worldnet.att.net>


On Thu, 24 Sep 1998 17:08:15 -0500, "Michael Reeves" <mreeves_at_yourcall.com> wrote:

>This brings up my next question, what is to prevent someone (with some
>knowledge of Oracle) that should not have access to the database, from
>deleting the password file, creating a new password file, and then getting
>internal control of the database.

This probably comes down to physically securing the machine. I suppose with NT, you also have control over who logs into the box.

Jonathan Received on Sat Sep 26 1998 - 13:46:05 CDT

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