I inherited an Oracle 7.3.4 database that nobody knew the internal password
for. So I was doing some research on metalink and came across an article
that mentioned the strt<SID>.cmd file would have the password. I was amazed
to open up this file and see the unencrypted password for internal. I then
check my 8.0.5 database and the same thing. Then I checked my 8.1.7
database and it was not there. Did this gaping security hole disappear in
the 8i database? I sure hope so.
Both the 7.3.4 and 8.0.5 have the remote_login_passwordfile init paramater
set to SHARED, whereas my 8.1.7 is set to EXCLUSIVE. I don't know if this
has something to do with it.
Thanks,
Dave
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