Re: Password protect DBA role

From: ianal Vista <ianal_vista_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 02:53:03 GMT
Message-ID: <Xns977BBFFC7977Bianalvistahotmailcom@70.169.32.36>

aschexna_at_hotmail.com wrote in news:1141419406.087347.133020 @i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> 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?
>
>

It may be a language problem, but I don't clearly understand the "problem".

Please provide an example of how any other role is "password" protected in Oracle. Received on Fri Mar 03 2006 - 20:53:03 CST