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List:       bugtraq
Subject:    Re: Oracle 8i questions
From:       Martin.Wunderli () JUNGLE ! CH
Date:       1999-11-29 4:13:23
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Hi,

>EXECS_NOT_TO_UNSET="oracle dbsnmp"
>From what I've read on the Oracle support page, the "oracle" program MUST be
>setuid-oracle if it is in a multi-user environment

No, it does not need to. If you connect through sqlnet (that is: a listener
running as oracle which starts the oracle
binary), no sgid/suid needs to be set. But if you then try to connect directly
by issueing sqlplus username/password, it will fail with 'Oracle not
available'. The latter is mostly not really a problem.

Cheers
Martin

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