Re: Oracle 7 username restrictions ???

In article <1993Sep29.105146.157_at_elmrd6.ineab.ikea.se> anos_at_elmrd6.ineab.ikea.se writes:
> Hi
>
> Can anybody out there tell me why the SYSTEM user is disallowed to start
> and stop Oracle 7 ? This has caused some problems since the normal startup
> procedure is run by user System. Now we have to fix this by submitting the
> startup using an account with UIC > 10.
>
> Any info/fixes is greatly appreciated.
>
> /Anders
>
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 Any one with a UIC < MAXSYSUIC (I think thats the spelling) cannot start, stop, or own rdbms datafiles (and directories they are in if I remember correctly). The reason for this is security related. Sorry, I don't remember the specifics offhand.

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