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Re: Oracle Software Owner WIndows 2K

From: Sybrand Bakker <gooiditweg_at_sybrandb.nospam.demon.nl>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 17:32:55 +0200
Message-ID: <dj26nvgf7l5cfaj63hvr8jm66l2u08gvk1@4ax.com>

On 25 Sep 2003 05:49:42 -0700, mccmx_at_hotmail.com (Matt) wrote:

>Hello everyone,
>
>I have a query about security/ownership of the Oracle software on
>Windows 2K.
>
>We have an 8.1.7 install on Windows that was installed using the
>Domain Admin account. Therefore the Oracle binaries and database
>files are owned by the domain admin account.
>
>The Oracle database is configured as a service on Win 2K and runs
>under the SYSTEM account. Therefore in theory it is independant of a
>user account.
>
>One of the security guys on site is planning to remove the domain
>admin accounts from all the servers and I'm concerned that this will
>affect the database setup.
>
>I will still be able to log onto the server with a privileged account
>which I will add to the ORA_DBA group in order to gain SYSDBA
>privileges.
>
>Is anyone aware of any issues that will arise after dropping the
>Oracle software owner account (i.e. domain admin) from the system....?
> Metalink was not much help on this issue.
>
>Matt

If you would have read the installation documentation, you would have known you should have installed Oracle as the *local* administrator, NOT the *domain* administrator.

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

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