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- From: p228@uni05.larc.nasa.gov (Bailey Bob)
- Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle
- Subject: Re: OPS$LOGIN :security hole?
- Date: 16 Dec 1992 21:47:45 GMT
- Organization: Unisys-Hampton VA
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- Message-ID: <1go861INN4hv@rave.larc.nasa.gov>
- References: <1992Dec14.222728.13778@oracle.us.oracle.com> <1992Dec15.144220.25349@relay.nswc.navy.mil> <8aT=R#A@engin.umich.edu>
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- In article <8aT=R#A@engin.umich.edu> lwk@engin.umich.edu (Lewis W Kellum) writes:
- >
- >Here's another question: If I know Mr.Schow's unix login id, and the internet
- >hostname of his Oracle server, what keeps me from creating his login id
- >on my host and connecting to his ops$ oracle account? - Woody Kellum
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- The only way the ops$ account works without a password is when you are
- directly logged into the host server at the OS level. If you connect to
- the host via SQL*Net, the RDBMS will require entry of the password.
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- Bob Bailey
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