Path: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu!spool.maxwell.syr.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!colt.net!feeder.news-service.com!news2.euro.net!213.132.189.2.MISMATCH!multikabel.net!feed20.multikabel.net!newshub2.home.nl!newshub1.home.nl!home.nl!not-for-mail From: Frank van Bortel Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server Subject: Re: user with administrative priviledges Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:27:45 +0200 Organization: @Home Benelux Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <1160423712.481534.145160@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> <1160468204.902401.205950@c28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <1160472820.856046.245150@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> Reply-To: frank.van.bortel@gmail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: cc28855-a.hnglo1.ov.home.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news4.zwoll1.ov.home.nl 1160506182 27683 82.75.95.92 (10 Oct 2006 18:49:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@corp.home.nl NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 18:49:42 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) In-Reply-To: <1160472820.856046.245150@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> Xref: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu comp.databases.oracle.server:276956 sybrandb schreef: > However, one must note almost all 3rd party vendors grant connect, > resource, dba to the application owner, and make sure this owner > doesn't have a password. > When you plan to change this they usually threaten to withdraw > support.... > This are both US and European vendors. > Guess which company still uses these roles, even in their custom built > software? > Only one guess is allowed. Hmmm... Starts with O and ends on racle? > Actually one would really like a reply on this one by Mark Townsend, > Tom Kyte, or even Larry himself... > > As long as Oracle continues to supply these roles (obsoleted in Oracle > 6.0), they will never extinguish!!! > Some start seems to have been made, as the connect role has virtually no rights anymore as of 10G. But hey, not different from the long / long raw obsolescence list... -- Regards, Frank van Bortel Top-posting is one way to shut me up...