Re: Security Wonks ate my hamster.

From: John Piwowar <jpiwowar_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2016 05:51:49 -0700
Message-ID: <CAJgcjAAr1v72gR7QPwt0kxxMUpySkTNKE9JCoA062y5_eURkMQ_at_mail.gmail.com>

As a DBA I'd prefer *not* to have access to the root password, and instead have my user/group included in a thoughtfully-constructed sudoers file.

If locking the root password in a safe is what counts as secure, though, then selling permission to use sudo might be a bridge too far. ;-)

On Wednesday, 23 March 2016, Howard Latham <howard.latham_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Our IT Director has decided only he will have root access to out 4 linux
> Database Servers . And the password will be held in a safe, Does these mean
> I can no longer do the administration or Linux / Oracle or does his idea of
> creating new account solve it?
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> Howard A. Latham
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Regards,

John P.

(Typed with thumbs on a mobile device. Lowered expectations appreciated)

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