RE: Oracle client security

From: <Jared.Still_at_radisys.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 14:29:17 -0700
Message-ID: <OF2EDEE2A2.B06E9E60-ON88256EE8.0075FD87-88256EE8.00760A56@radisys.com>

> How in the world did you find this? Even after I see the answer, what =
> did you search on to find it?

Well, I already knew it was there. :)

>
> I'm also wondering exactly how this is pulled off. I know a user can be
=
> locked out of the registry. But if the user fires up a DOS window, sets
=
> the ORA_ENCRYPT_LOGIN environment variable to FALSE, and fires up some =
> client program from that DOS window, does that client program's Oracle =
> connection (assuming it's a self-standing 32-bit) revert to the =
> ORA_ENCRYPT_LOGIN env var as it sits in the registry or as it was =
> redefined in the DOS window? For that matter, can a user even set an =
> env var if they are locked out of the registry? I'm not sure how this =
> mechanism works (or was designed to work) in Winders.
>

I haven't played with it, or if I have, I don't recall the results.

Jared

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