Re: Password management

On Sat, 25 Mar 2000, robertchung0909_at_my-deja.com wrote:
>I would like to hear from other people how they manage their Oracle
>schema passwords. My problem is the fact that I have to update all the
>hard-coded passwords in all database scripts whenever passwords are
>changed. We do not use Oracle's OS authentication feature because
>neither NT nor UNIX are hecker proof (even though you can basically
>assume Oracle is compromised when the hecker gets OS's super
>user/administrator access).
>
>Basically, the goal is to change passwords periodically, and avoid hard-
>coded passwords from database scripts that we have to update whenever
>passwords are changed. Should we just use Oracle's OS authentication
>feature? Any better idea? Thank you in advance.
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        Look into having the operating system authenticate your passwords. You will require a one time change to each of your Oracle instances for the Oracle user name you are using in your scripts, e.g. user ORACLE will become user OP$ORACLE

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Jerry Gitomer 
Once I learned how to spell DBA, I became one