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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 5:07 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: strt<SID>.cmd security hole??
>
>
> Where is the strt<SID>.cmd file? I don;t see it anywhere
> under $ORACLE_HOME.
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Farnsworth, Dave [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 4:47 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: strt<SID>.cmd security hole??
> >
> > 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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> > Author: Farnsworth, Dave
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