Re: Oracle in AIX question

Sherman H. wrote:

> I was thinking of removing some unnecessary user accounts in the AIX such as
> guest, uucp, nobody, etc. However, the system admin indicated that they
> need the guest account is required as standard installation for Oracle as
> first contact to retrieve further authentication. The configuration is like
> GUEST_USER_PWD = guest/guest.
>
> I feel for security reason this is not a good idea. However, can I suggest
> other option to replace this in Oracle?
>
>

Never heard that before (which doesn't mean a thing...), but even so - password = account is *always* a bad idea.

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Regards, Frank van Bortel