Re: ORACLE DBA, UNIX, AND ROO

From: Gary Eckhardt, Bldg 613, Rm Dev, X2826 <eckhardg_at_brooks.af.mil>
Date: 24 Nov 1993 20:59:07 GMT
Message-ID: <2d0hur$k73_at_bsdns.brooks.af.mil>


In article 97g_at_panix.com, hecker_at_panix.com (Jared Hecker) writes:
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> RSHUNTER_at_>This is an informal survey. Of you who are ORACLE DBAs on UNIX-
> RSHUNTER_at_>based Oracle versions, I'm curious as to how many have root/superuser
> RSHUNTER_at_>privileges and how many do not. This is the first project where
>
I have found that I definately need root/system privledges when adminstering an Oracle database. There are some things that you simply cannot do without having root access. On our sun boxes, I have root access to our database nodes, and on our VMS boxes I have almost full access, what I need to get my job done.                                                

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