Re: Using EXTPROC to then make a system call to EXP hangs the EXP

> Perhaps when the Oracle Security Alert was issued covering the
> vulnerability in the TNS Listener and extproc, your DBA removed the
> entry from the listener.ora file for the External Procedure Listener
> that was created by default?
>
> If I was administering the box, that certainly would have been the
> case.
>
> Maybe when the patchsets for 8.1.7.4.x were behind the 9.2.0 ones for
> a more recent vulnerability, your dba decided to run a 9.2 listener
> for the 8.1.7 dbs as that was a more secure configuration.
>
> You can check to see if the external procedure listener is running via
> the lsnrctl utility (lsnrctl.exe).
>
> Pd

We're using the default setting for listener and extproc, under 8.1.7.4.12. Extproc still runs from the normal listener. Security is not a problem at the moment. But perhaps running the extproc as a different user might help - I'll try it.

Steve Received on Mon Dec 22 2003 - 03:18:49 CST