Re: Oracle File Permission

Jim Forest wrote:
>
> My UNIX system adm recently increase UNIX security level, and the
> system reports serveral red alert relating to file setting.
> Particularly, $ORACLE_HOME/bin/oracle and SQL*Net files.
>
> He ask why does file oracle set to 4755. I know Oracle requires this
> sticky bit, but I can find any documents, official documents, to satisfy
> his security obsession.
>
> Please help.
>
> Thank you,
> Jim.

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As a client connects to oracle, they will fire up an oracle process on
the server which needs to be able to do all the nice things that oracle
does - like read the data.   If it didn't have the sticky bit, then the
datafiles would need to be "read-everyone"....Ugh!

HTH
Cheers

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BHP Information Technology
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Australia
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