Re: Password protecting Internal

On Mon, 27 Jan 1997 00:06:30 -0500, oracle <oracle_at_nightmare.com> wrote:

>R. Wayne Linton wrote:
>>

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>> Carl, have a look at the ORAPWD utility. This creates a password file
>> for internal and sys (and other userids as you see fit). You can have
>> one for each instance or you can share this one password file across
>> several instances. You create this file via the ORAPWD utility. In vms
>> you set up an executive level logical for it so the system can find it; I
>> don't know about AIX.

 [snipped]
>You need to use a sql*net connection for this to work. If the user is
>logged "dba" group and not using TWO_TASK to connect it still will not
>prompt for the internal password even if you use orapwd.

I thought that if you set REMOTE_OS_AUTHENT to true in init.ora, then the above is not true. Mind you, I haven't checked!

Cheers,

Steve Received on Mon Jan 27 1997 - 00:00:00 CST