Re: Newbie question on connect internal

From: Ewan Parker <ewan_at_chimera.u-net.com>
Date: 2000/06/18
Message-ID: <669.204T1013T8894752ewan@chimera.u-net.com>#1/1

On 13-Jun-00 05:49:44, Michael McGarrigle said about Newbie question on connect internal:
> This may be a dumb question, but bear with me.

> When the svrmgrl program is invoked, it is possible
> to logon by using "connect internal".
> This effectively means that any user could connect
> to a database by doing this.

> My question is :
> Do you change the permissions on the svrmgrl executable
> to prevent this, or is there some other method?

Not a dumb question, but not immediately obvious. On un*x, only users in the "dba" or equivalent group will be able to connect using this method.

Ewan.

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