Re: How do you grant connection permission to a user?

Paul Brewer wrote:

> "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_exxesolutions.com> wrote in message
> news:3ED3A47E.CD35CFB2_at_exxesolutions.com...
> <snip>
> > five minutes due to this and other egregious sins of omission. It is
> amazing > how 'unimpressed' a CIO can be when you walk into his office and
> can get
> > into one of his HR databases without a password.
> >
> Five minutes? Luxury!
>
> When I were a lad we had to live in a paper bag in a hole in the ground.
> We had 30 seconds; easy enough in most shops. Just use DBSNMP or OUTLN.
>
> Regards,
> Paul

They are certainly one way to attack: There are many more available when DBAs don't secure the database and the server.

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Daniel Morgan
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