Re: Securing 'internal' from ROOT

Even if you do manage to secure your server (which I doubt), what about backups? Whats to prevent one of your sysadmins or operators from taking one of your backup tapes and loading it on another system where they have full access? Any good DBA should be able to get your backed up database running on another system.

Mimmo Briganti wrote:

> Sorry if this message was already posted, but I'm having problems with my
> news server ...
>
> Is there a way to get svrmgrl to prompt for a password on hp-ux systems like
> it does on NT when a 'connect internal' is issued?
>
> The company I work for is trying to secure the database from the following
> scenario:
>
> UNIX SA issues an su - oracle
> svrmgrl ... connect internal
> select * from hr.salaries ...
>
> The UNIX SA is unionized and they don't want him to see management salaries.
> Thanks in advance ...
>
> Mimmo Briganti
Received on Tue Oct 06 1998 - 12:12:22 CDT