Re: Shutdown with username system-VAX-VMS

In article <3l6p1b$4ru_at_sess02.rdp.asi.alcatel.es>, toledo_at_sess01.rdp.asi.alcatel.es (Francisco Rodriguez) wrote:

> When using the command procedure to shutdown the database with username
> SYSTEM on a system VAX - VMS, the shutdown abort with error :
>
> !!! system UIC group members are not allowed to use ORACLE DBA COMMANDS.
>
> why??

To avoid security problems. Make sure your DBA account has a group UIC greater than SYSGEN's MAXSYSGROUP. In addition, make sure your database is owned by an account with a group UIC greater than MAXSYSGROUP. This should eliminate your problem.

Note that this is also true for Alpha VMS. It is covered in the Oracle-for-[Open]VMS installation guide.

Cheers.

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Jef