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Re: How do you audit a DBA?

From: Kevin Kostyszyn <kevin_at_dulcian.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 07:10:06 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.00385246.20010906064538@fatcity.com>

Actually, I am pretty sure that the administrator account can do anything. But, there is the administrator/domain and the administrator for specific machines.
Kk
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To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 9:40 AM

> but doesn't there have to be ONE account/role in NT that can assign all
the
> others? how else could you set up a role or continue to set them up?
>
>
> >From: "Guy Hammond" <guy.hammond_at_avt.co.uk>
> >Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> >Subject: RE: How do you audit a DBA?
> >Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 01:20:58 -0800
> >
> >That is correct. For example, in NT you can assign a role to a user and
> >make them a Print Administrator - they can stop and start queues, set
> >permissions and priorities and so forth, do anything to do with
> >printers, but they can't, say create user accounts. There is another
> >role, Backup Operator, who can write any file system to tape, but cannot
> >actually open any of those files in an application (unless they're in
> >another group that has permission to do so). You can have users who can
> >administer users, but can't reset the system time, all sorts of things
> >like that, it's quite fine-grained. All this was available in VMS long
> >before, of course, I expect NT has it because MS hired a bunch of former
> >DEC engineers.
> >
> >Of course, Unix was developed by academics who had no concept of the
> >real world of business, and is woefully inadequate for anything serious,
> >but we're stuck with it. DEC's engineering quality was no match for
> >Sun's marketing. Oh well.
> >
> >g
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 10:06 PM
> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >
> >
> >Apparently it's possible to seperate certain functions out on NT. I
> >don't
> >know the details since my NT knowledge is limited to setting up Oracle
> >Client software on it.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 4:13 PM
> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >
> >
> >and the administrator account on a NT system can't do everything too?
> >
> >
> >--
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> >--
> >Author: Guy Hammond
> > INET: guy.hammond_at_avt.co.uk
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