RE: How to keep "root" out?

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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Sent: 03 September 2003 03:09
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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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