RE: How to keep "root" out?

Much as I would like to claim credit, that's the wrong Pete you have there. :)

Pete

"Controlling developers is like herding cats." Kevin Loney, Oracle DBA Handbook

"Oh no, it's not. It's much harder than that!" Bruce Pihlamae, long term Oracle DBA.

-----Original Message-----
Jared Still
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 11:14 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

The security model of Oracle on both unix and Windows precludes any ability to prevent access to the database by a knowledgeable user with root or admin access.

Pete Sharman could no doubt go into some detail here.

I bought his security book, I'll check it out when I get to work.

Could be there's something I've overlooked. :)

Jared

On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 09:29, DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote:
> Walter
> You may be able to approach this from a security aspect. You could
> discuss with your management whether it is a good idea for the system
> administrators to be in a database. Depending on the security or SLA
> requirements of the database, you may have some leverage there.
>
>
>
> Dennis Williams
> DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA
> Lifetouch, Inc.
> dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 11:10 AM
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>
>
> Well, first of all, root should not be in your dba group...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 8:34 AM
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>
>
> Just for grins, I'll ask this question... Is there any way to keep the

> Unix "root" user from logging into the database (i.e. connect internal

> or / as sysdba)? Currently using 8.1.7.4 on Solaris 8 here.
>
> We have a couple people in our Unix admin group that feel the need to
> "help" by writing their own DB monitoring scripts. Of course, they
> don't know what they're talking about. They do not have formal logins
> for the database, but since they are root users they are connecting
> via "connect internal". This is not only counterproductive but
> actually a potential security issue--just because someone has root
> doesn't necessarily entitle them to see the data in the database. What

> if it is a payroll database?
>
> So, I'm curious, is there any way to prevent access via "connect
> internal" or "/ as sysdba"?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> W
>
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