Re: Listener Password 10G
From: <vitalisman_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 02:49:20 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <c62d857a-df19-4fdf-b161-17a85f0a44ed@e6g2000prf.googlegroups.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 02:49:20 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <c62d857a-df19-4fdf-b161-17a85f0a44ed@e6g2000prf.googlegroups.com>
On Jan 8, 11:41 am, ernesthemingway2..._at_googlemail.com wrote:
> According to Metalink, the listener is "secure" in 10g as it uses OS
> authentication.
>
> I was wondering therefore if anyone uses a password for lsnrctl for
> their 10g databases and if there's any value in it?
>
> Thanks.
Could you please post the link to the relevant page on Metalink?
I guess there is a misunderstanding here: in 10g (Unix/Linux at least) you don't have to provide the listener password if your OS user is in the "dba" group, but this does not mean that a password is useless. Received on Tue Jan 08 2008 - 04:49:20 CST