Re: Password

"Martin Soederstroem" <MartinSo_at_privat.utfors.se> wrote in message news:skb7gu4qal6obcjbivi60jla683k3knjqg_at_4ax.com...
> On Sun, 09 Jun 2002 14:45:42 -0400, the living god Precisely Fred
> <f_puhan_at_precise.com> walked on earth to tell us this:
>
> >In article <if57gu89s4oopv5vcjjjdl1075e9860lg4_at_4ax.com>,
> > Martin Soederstroem <MartinSo_at_privat.utfors.se> wrote:
> >
> >> I recently installed Oracle on my PC. Does anyone know what the
> >> default password for the sysdba and sysoper users is? I can't manage
> >> to log in as them.
> >
> >Try <http://technet.oracle.com/doc/products.htm>
>
> Those only covers up to 8i. I installed 9i. Before 9i, sysdba and
> sysoper did not exist. Instead you had sys. At least that is what SQL+
> tells me when I try to use sys.

Actually they did as sysdba and sysoper are roles. With 9i you cannot (by default) connect to sys as a normal user but only as sysdba. This should reinforce that the sys account is only for highly privileged operations.
>
> >Did you read the Installation Guide?
>
> The what? Are you talking about the setup program? I don't remember
> there being a lot to read in that.

No. he is talking about the installation guide which is part of the documentation.

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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK