Re: Db Config. Assistant execution rights under NT

monsri_at_my-deja.com wrote:

> Hello,
>
> We've installed Oracle 8i on an NT server here,
> logged as administrators. But since then I've
> usually worked on this machine to perform my
> DBA tasks with my own login, which is NOT an
> administrator one... The NT team doesn't want
> me to be an administrator, and as a consequence

What rubbish! Why can you not administer your own PC? There are several ways to do this (and become an administrator), so you can prove NT is much like a swiss cheese (tho that tastes better!). As if you were a network admin...

> I noticed that I can't execute the Database
> Configuration Assistant software (which is a
> shortcut to the following line:
> D:\ProgFiles\Oracle8i\bin\launch.exe \
> D:\ProgFiles\Oracle8i\assistants\dbca DBAssist.cl),
>
> I get an error dialog box saying that I'm not an
> administrator and that I have to log on as such
> in order to be able to run this soft...
>
> Is there a way of getting around this problem and
> to allow me to execute the Db Config Assistant by
> only giving me specific and limited NT rights, or
> MUST I absolutely be an administrator ??

Yup. Only the admin can delete and create services, afaik. And dbconfig will create these - you cannot use oradim, either.

>
>
> Thanks !
> Regards,
> Seb
>
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> Before you buy.

I'd go back, and ask what they want - a database or not. If they want databases, they'll have to make you member of the admin group. As simple as that.

There once was a post of someone that has proof of the alligations I made above - can't recall who it was tho. IIRC, it was a regular. Maybe another response?

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Gtrz,

Frank van Bortel