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grant select on v_$session to <<PACKAGE_OWNER>>; Please take a look at www.orafaq.com as it will answer all of the questions you've asked. Jared "Herman Susantio" To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <sherman@bcsis cc: .com> Subject: Re: Unix account from PL/SQL ?? Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] om 12/10/01 02:05 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L Hi jesse, For no 1, Thanks a million, it works fine For no 2, yes, I saw the sticky bit in the oracle file. is it advisable for us to change the oracle file permission / to turn off the sticky bit ? Would it affect oracle internally ? Thanks for Sunny too, I'm also still curious why I can't access v$session from the package , any idea ? Regards ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 11:10 PM > Assuming you're on Oracle 8i (you don't say): > > 1) select SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV','OS_USER') from dual; > > 2) I believe this is because the $ORACLE_HOME/bin/oracle executable has > an owner of "oracle" and has the sticky bit set on it's security. If you > "ls -l $ORACLE_HOME/bin/oracle", you should see the security on the file as > "-rwsr-s--x", with the "s" being the sticky bit. Try a "man chmod" for more > info. > > HTH! :) > > Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 20:25 > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Hi all, > > I've got 2 questions here : (Platform : Sun Solaris) : > > 1. What is the command in PL/SQL to get unix userID who logged in when I > execute PL/SQL > script ? > 2. I have created a new user : ABC123, and the primary group is oinstall. > When I start oracle instance using ABC123, how come the process still > belong to another > user (oracle) ? > > Any feedback would be greatly appreciated > > Thanks & Regards > Herman > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Jesse, Rich > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Herman Susantio INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).