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Subject: Password protect DBA role
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I'm getting beat up by the Sar/Oxy auditors because the DBA role is not
password protected. The only schemas that are granted this role are SYS
and SYSTEM. I've tried to explain that the DBA is a default role for
SYS and SYSTEM and setting a password is useless, but to no avail.

This is the 3rd company I've worked for as an Oracle DBA and I have
never seen the DBA role password protected. Can anyone come up with a
valid reason for password protecting the DBA role?