Re: Oracle7 with Enhanced Secuirty on DEC Unix 4.0D?

Thanks Nikola and Adam for the quick responses.

I guess I am safe to turn on the C2 security on my DEC unix 4.0D with Oracle.

Thanks again.

In article <37C64BAD.33A044E_at_ev.co.yu>,   Nikola Milutinovic <Nikola.Milutinovic_at_ev.co.yu> wrote:
> wli_at_cincom.com wrote:
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I have an DEC Alpha box that runs with Oracle7 and DEC Unix 4.0D.
The
> > system is running so far so good. Due to security reason, there is a
> > requirement for me to turn on the Enhanced Security on the DEC unix.
> >
> > I just wonder if there is any known problem on Oracle7 running with
DEC
> > Unix that has the Enhanced Security turn on? As we have the
production
> > Oracle database running on this box, I can't afford any potential
> > problem happened when turning on this Unix Enhanced Security
feature.
>
> We run Oracle 7.1.4 on Digital UNIX 3.2G with C2 Sec turned on, on our
> production servers. We are also testing Oracle 7.3.2 on Digital UNIX
4.0D, again
> with C2 Sec, no problems. Of course we always pre-install the OS to
have C2 Sec
> on, so it is not exactly your case, but it is not very different.
>
> C2 Sec introduces new elements into authentication mechanisms, login
controls
> and the overall SIA operations. Since it is only C2 and not Bx, the
internal
> operation of the OS, after authentication, should be the same. We
haven't run
> into any problems with C2, so far.
>
> The only thing that can go wrong (and it shouldn't) when switching to
C2 is user
> account translation. Every account capable of logging in should be
converted to
> a new C2 format. It is done for root automatically. It should be the
same for
> all other accounts. If any account doesn't get converted, you have a
command for
> manual conversion, "convauth".
>
> We'll keep our fingers crossed for you.
>
> Nix.
> --
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