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- From: rwessman@prodhp.us.oracle.com (Rick Wessman)
- Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle
- Subject: Re: Question about OPS$LOGIN and Oracle Passwords
- Message-ID: <RWESSMAN.92Dec17144600@prodhp.us.oracle.com>
- Date: 17 Dec 92 22:46:00 GMT
- References: <1992Dec14.200952.22697@netcom.com> <24727@suned1.Nswses.Navy.MIL>
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- In-Reply-To: lev@ipxed5.nswses.navy.mil's message of 16 Dec 92 22:37:46 GMT
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- In article <24727@suned1.Nswses.Navy.MIL> lev@ipxed5.nswses.navy.mil (Lloyd E Vancil) writes:
-
- > In article <1992Dec14.200952.22697@netcom.com> sjs@netcom.com (Stephen Schow) writes:
- > This is a known security hole in the OPS$ user under oracle 6..
- > I am not aware of the fix if any in trusted oracle or in
- > oracle7.
-
- In ORACLE7, it is possible through the use of an init.ora parameter to
- prevent op$ logins.
-
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- Rick Wessman
- rwessman@us.oracle.com
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