Re: default setup passwords 8i

Pete Sharman wrote:
>
> Sam
>
> There aren't any I'm aware of that you shouldn't change. You just
> need to make sure any scripts etc. are modified to use the new ones.
> In particular, look at the .ora files for OEM if you change the
> password for the DBSNMP user.
>
> As for why some passwords are different to usernames, I suspect it's
> simply because different developers were involved in setting up that
> code! ;)
>
> HTH.
>
> Pete
>
> sam.petitto_at_netsec.net wrote:
>
> > I've seen quite a few references to user/passwords like scott/tiger,
> > system/manager, and internal/oracle in these postings over the past
> > months. 8i ships with about a dozen default users(those I mentioned
> > among them), most of which use the username as the default password.
> > I'm about to change my default passwords. Are there any I should NOT
> > change, and why not ? Also, several of these Oracle-created users do
> > not have passwords which are the same as the username(like the
> > aurora user). I know I don't need to know it's password to change
> > it's password, but I don't understand the reason for making some
> > default passwords different than usernames.
> >
> > TIA
> >
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Pete,

Beware not to change DBSNMP/DBSNMP if you want to use the intelligent agent, else it will no longer work
Better to fiddle it's privileges!

Wilco Received on Thu Jul 22 1999 - 14:01:38 CDT