Re: Oracle in AIX question

"Sherman H." wrote:
>
> I was thinking of removing some unnecessary user accounts in the AIX such as
> guest, uucp, nobody, etc. However, the system admin indicated that they
> need the guest account is required as standard installation for Oracle as
> first contact to retrieve further authentication. The configuration is like
> GUEST_USER_PWD = guest/guest.
>
> I feel for security reason this is not a good idea. However, can I suggest
> other option to replace this in Oracle?

GUEST_USER_PASS needs to be set for a 'guest' using Oracle 11i Applications. The value should be set to a valid applications user.

It appears that this needs to be a database/apps userid, not a unix userid - something that needs more explanation though. Every reference I've seen states 'valid applications user' and identifies it in the same context as a database access (eg: ODBC driver, SID, etc.)

Suggest you go to metalink and do a search on GUEST_USER_PWD for more info. Received on Thu Dec 04 2003 - 16:14:19 CST