Re: how to disable abuse of OPS$-accounts

From: D.A. Hopkins <LRFDAH_at_leeds.ac.uk>
Date: 1998/01/14
Message-ID: <69idmu$8fk_001@leeds.ac.uk>#1/1

>When using Oracle in server based applications on a
OpenVMS
or Unix
>server, one can use operating system identification
by using
>OPS$-accounts.

>My question is: are there patches or work arounds
to fix
this or the
>catch sqlnet users to use OPS$-accounts.
>

Set REMOTE_OS_AUTHENT to FALSE to prevent remote logins using
OS authorisation.
I'm not sure but I don't think you can have a user able to
choose whether or not to use a password. The user is created
either IDENTIFIED EXTERNALLY or IDENTIFIED BY <password>.

David Hopkins Received on Wed Jan 14 1998 - 00:00:00 CST