In article <9g_5d.122054$KU5.69196_at_edtnps89>, Hans Forbrich says...
>
>Alan wrote:
>
>> Wise words - and I think this was the problem. I was using my unix
>> root login to access sqlplus instead of my oracle (orac9i) login in
>> unix.
>
>Glad it helped.
>
>Used to be a time when, in many origanizations, unix SAs would get a
>reprimand for any use of root unless they could justify it in writing. You
>have no idea how much grief Oracle used to get from the security-minded
>unix community about the use of root. The result is they went
>significantly 'tother direction.
>
>/Hans
That's for sure. In order to get our first security evaluation at C2, the
evaluators required that the majority of the installation be run as the Oracle
user, not as root.
To fulfill that requirement, I created root.sh. Now you know who to blame. :-)
Rick
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Rick Wessman
Oracle Corporation
The opinions expressed above are mine and do not necessarily reflect
those of Oracle Corporation.
Received on Wed Sep 29 2004 - 11:32:46 CDT
