So do you all think that setting ora_session_mode to ORA_SYSDBA should force the password to be non-null?
Tim. On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 07:26:12AM -0400, Gold, Samuel (Contractor) wrote: > Very interesting..... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan Burlison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 8:16 PM > To: Andy Hassall > Cc: Christian Merz; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Oracle connect internal/OS authentification > > > Hmm, this seems to work for me as well (on Solaris). The trick seems to be > to set the ora_session_mode to ORA_SYSDBA, provide a username of 'SYS' and a > > *non-null* password - anything will do, even a single space. I've checked > this from my primary oracle login account, and by adding/removing a normal > user from/to the dba group: > > # User not in dba group > t$ /tmp/dba > ORA-01031: insufficient privileges (DBD ERROR: OCISessionBegin) > > # User added to dba group > $ /tmp/dba > BASALT > SYS > > -- > Alan Burlison > -- > > >
