Re: Oracle7 with Enhanced Secuirty on DEC Unix 4.0D?

wli_at_cincom.com wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> I have an DEC Alpha box that runs with Oracle7 and DEC Unix 4.0D. The
> system is running so far so good. Due to security reason, there is a
> requirement for me to turn on the Enhanced Security on the DEC unix.
>
> I just wonder if there is any known problem on Oracle7 running with DEC
> Unix that has the Enhanced Security turn on? As we have the production
> Oracle database running on this box, I can't afford any potential
> problem happened when turning on this Unix Enhanced Security feature.

We run Oracle 7.1.4 on Digital UNIX 3.2G with C2 Sec turned on, on our production servers. We are also testing Oracle 7.3.2 on Digital UNIX 4.0D, again with C2 Sec, no problems. Of course we always pre-install the OS to have C2 Sec on, so it is not exactly your case, but it is not very different.

C2 Sec introduces new elements into authentication mechanisms, login controls and the overall SIA operations. Since it is only C2 and not Bx, the internal operation of the OS, after authentication, should be the same. We haven't run into any problems with C2, so far.

The only thing that can go wrong (and it shouldn't) when switching to C2 is user account translation. Every account capable of logging in should be converted to a new C2 format. It is done for root automatically. It should be the same for all other accounts. If any account doesn't get converted, you have a command for manual conversion, "convauth".

We'll keep our fingers crossed for you.

Nix.
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