Re: Is there a password for internal login in Oracle8i?

For Unix ports, any user in the dba group is allowed to connect as internal. This explains why you don't need to specify a password. Your last statement 'anyone is able to shutdown' is IMO not correct.

Hth,

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Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
Zhenming <zmwang_at_maloca.com> wrote in message news:uJ_j4.244$R2.18188183_at_nr1.ottawa.istar.net...
> I created two databases with Oracle Database Configuration assistant in
> Oracle8i running on Intel X86 Solaris. There is nothing you can specify
the
> password for your instance. After the database created, you can start the
> instance using the internal username either in SVEMGRL or sqlplus
/nologon.
> You don't need a password for the internal, or you can use "oracle" as
your
> passwoed or whatever word.
> I remember in NT, when you created an instance with ORADIM, you are asked
to
> specify a password for the internal user.
> So in Oracle8i on Solaris, any user can startup or shutdown an Oracle
> database even remotely on the client.
> How are your options?
>
> Zhenming
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Received on Thu Jan 27 2000 - 11:21:08 CST