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Re: Security Question

From: Rick Wessman <rwessman_at_us.oracle.com>
Date: 18 Oct 1999 10:28:25 -0400
Message-ID: <uyad04uba.fsf@us.oracle.com>


"Van Messner" <vmessner_at_netaxis.com> writes:

> On a job site with five servers on a network running five databases, I found
> a previous DBA had given "DBA" to the connect role on one database. That
> means a lot of users have DBA rights. If I make the (heroic) assumption
> that the users on the one database don't know the user ids and passwords on
> any of the others, do I still have a problem? Is there any way the users
> with DBA rights could get in and mess around with the other databases?
>
> Van
>
>

In a word, no. :-) The roles granted on one database have no affect on another.

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                                        Rick
                                        Rick Wessman
                                        Security and Directory Technologies
                                        Server Technologies
                                        Oracle Corporation
                                        rwessman_at_us.oracle.com

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Received on Mon Oct 18 1999 - 09:28:25 CDT

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