Re: Remind me why a user can drop a database link when they can't create one?

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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:57:41 -0400
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" i thought it was implied if you own it, you can drop it.

joe

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"Taylor, Chris David" <ChrisDavid.Taylor_at_ingrambarge.com> To:
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10/27/2011 11:54 AM
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Remind me why a user can drop a database link when they can't create one? Sent by:
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Apparently "DROP DATABASE LINK" doesn't exist as a privilege, so why can users still do it when they no longer have the right to "CREATE DATABASE LINK"?
Where does the drop database link security reside?

I wonder if there is a system login trigger I could employ to prevent the drop?

Chris Taylor
Sr. Oracle DBA
Ingram Barge Company
Nashville, TN 37205
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http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l Received on Thu Oct 27 2011 - 10:57:41 CDT