Oracle-L: RE: How to keep "root" out?

From: <layzeedba_at_netscape.net>
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2003 20:59:30 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005CE8E1.20030902205930@fatcity.com>

Convince your management and ask for a separate server. Keep its root password and don't reveal it to the SA. Afterthat the SAs should start respecting the DBA.

GovindanK

"Sinardy Xing" <SinardyXing_at_bkgcomsvc.com> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I think as a DBA you should have the root password for the database server.
>
>Will this close the case?
>
>
>Sinardy
>
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>
>> 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.
>
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