Re: svrmgrl, sqlplus question ???

yes, if you can get console access, this is how you log in as a member of the ORA_DBA group.
So what's your point?
If you had console access, you could have just deleted and recreated the password file.
Those extra 75 characters typed by typing "orapwd ..." would slow the would-be cracker up just a bit - but not alot.

Nirmal Kumar Muthu Kumaran wrote:
>
> in dos prompt,
> c:\> sqlplus /nolog
>
> sql>connect / as sysdba
> sql> sho user
> SYS
>
> now you can do all dba activities in this account.
>
> Nirmal.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Janet Linsy [SMTP:janetlinsy_at_yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 12:21 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: svrmgrl, sqlplus question ???
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > In sqlplus, you can use "col ... format ..." to make
> > the output pretty. Can we format columns, make title
> > in svrmgrl?
> >
> > Also I read that sqlplus can be used to mount, open
> > database in 8i, but I don't see how.
> >
> > The db is 815 on Sun 5.6.
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Janet
> >

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