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RE: How to keep "root" out?

From: Mladen Gogala <mladen_at_wangtrading.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2003 12:19:29 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005CE8C5.20030902121929@fatcity.com>


I will not have security, either.

--
Mladen Gogala
Oracle DBA 



-----Original Message-----
Tanel Poder
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 3:09 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L



> Instead of trying to do things in software, which was designed not to
resist
> the "root" user,
> why don't we concentrate on specialized hardware and procedures which
exist
> for that purpose?
> Guns, threats of violence and blackmail are excellent means of keeping
> the system administrator out of the database. After all they're only
> human and chances are that a
One more solution would be to migrate to Windows. Then you won't have any root user. Tanel. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Tanel Poder INET: tanel.poder.003_at_mail.ee Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (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). Note: This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. Wang Trading LLC and any of its subsidiaries each reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorized to state them to be the views of any such entity. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Mladen Gogala INET: mladen_at_wangtrading.com Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (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).
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