Re: listener security

On Oct 1, 8:45 am, Ben <bal..._at_comcast.net> wrote:
> On Oct 1, 11:37 am, "fitzjarr..._at_cox.net" <fitzjarr..._at_cox.net> wrote:
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> > On Oct 1, 10:34 am, Ben <bal..._at_comcast.net> wrote:
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> > > On Oct 1, 11:01 am, sybrandb <sybra..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > On Oct 1, 4:39 pm, Ben <bal..._at_comcast.net> wrote:
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> > > > > 10.2.0.2 aix5l ent edition
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> > > > > I'm looking at enabling a password for our listeners and I've found
> > > > > how to enable it, but I see nothing on how to turn it off.
> > > > > how do you disable listener security?
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> > > > > also, if I have multiple listeners on a machine and I type >lsnrctl to
> > > > > open the listener control utility, for which listener are you using
> > > > > this? all of them?
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> > > > > thanks
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> > > > 1 an empty string would probably do
> > > > 2 all commands operate in the context of the current listener,
> > > > defaults to listener.
> > > > To change it
> > > > set current_listener <whatever>
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> > > > Sybrand Bakker
> > > > Senior Oracle DBA
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> > > on a machine with one listener, named LISTENER. I set the password
> > > using
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> > > lsnrctl> change_password
> > > old:
> > > new:XXXXXX
> > > re-enter:XXXXXXX
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> > > >save_config
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> > > then saw in the listener.ora the encrypted password line. If I type
> > > lsnrctl status listener. I can see where it lists
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> > > Security ON: Local OS Authentication
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> > > If I go back in and do change_password and change it to null then
> > > save_config, I can see within the listener.ora where the password line
> > > is commented out but when I do a status for that listener it still
> > > lists
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> > > Security ON: Local OS Authentication- Hide quoted text -
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> > > - Show quoted text -
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> > Stop and restart the listener; I imagine Security will be listed as
> > OFF.
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> > David Fitzjarrell- Hide quoted text -
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> > - Show quoted text -
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> Nope, I thought maybe the same thing, but restarted it and still shows
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A guess:

See workaround B at Note:404818.1 (but instead edit the listener.ora to remove password info, then start listener and save config.).

jg

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