"Niall Litchfield" <niall.litchfield_at_dial.pipex.com> wrote in message
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> "Paul Brewer" <paul_at_paul.brewers.org.uk> wrote in message
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> > OP is on Linux. I suspect he's logging onto the box as oracle (or
> whatever)
> > and then issuing something like sqlplus fred/bloggs as sysdba.
> > Of course, Oracle doesn't care what surrounds the / since this is, as
you
> > imply, OS authentication by definition, as the database may not be open,
> or
> > even exist yet.
>
> Indeed I seem to recall this demonstrated on one of the OCP DBA courses.
> There's a pint for the first recorded successful connection to one of
> Howards boxes with "connect david/bowie as sysdba"
>
>
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> Niall Litchfield
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I can connect as ziggie/stardust as sysdba if you give me the oracle
password.
Or even foote/richard if I was desperate...
Paul
Received on Sat Jul 27 2002 - 16:44:20 CDT
