Of course we have perl on on our winduhs boxes! Machine without perl is as useful as a car without wheels. It doesn't help you get anywhere Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195] (C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp. C:\Documents and Settings\MladenG>perl -v This is perl, v5.8.4 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread (with 3 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail) Copyright 1987-2004, Larry Wall Binary build 810 provided by ActiveState Corp. http://www.ActiveState.com ActiveState is a division of Sophos. Built Jun 1 2004 11:52:21 Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit. Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access to the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Page. C:\Documents and Settings\MladenG>cat \temp\ttt.pl use DBI; use DBD::Oracle; print "DBI Version is:",$DBI::VERSION,"\n"; print "DBD::Oracle version is:", $DBD::Oracle::VERSION,"\n"; perl c:\temp\ttt.pl DBI Version is:1.43 DBD::Oracle version is:1.16 -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA email:mladeng@xxxxxxxxx Ext: 9787 > -----Original Message----- > From: Arnon, Yuval [mailto:Yuval.Arnon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 10:14 AM > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Oracle Security Alert #68 - Security Vulnerabilities > in Oracle's Server Product - Win2000 > > > Dear fellow DBAs > > We have received an Oracle Security alert that Oracle's > recommend to install ASAP.=20 While reading the install > instructions if was surprised to see that Oracle wants you to > run Perl scripts on the Win2k server.=20 Has any of you out > there with Win2k server apply this patch?? If you have not, > do you have Perl installed on your Win2k server.?? > > > TIA > > Yuval. > > Part of the install instructions : > > To apply the patch, make sure the ORACLE_HOME environment > variable is # set to the correct Oracle Home which needs to > be patched: # # > set ORACLE_HOME=3D<Oracle Home > Path> # # Then set your current directory to the directory > where the patch is # located, e.g.: # # > cd 3738339 # # > Ensure that the directory containing the OPatch script > appears in # your Path; then enter the following command: # # > > perl opatch.pl apply=20 > > > This transmission may contain information that is privileged, > = confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable > law. If you, = oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, are not the intended > recipient, you are hereby = notified that any disclosure, > copying, distribution, or use of the = information contained > herein (including any reliance thereon) is = STRICTLY > PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, > please = immediately contact the sender and destroy the > material in its entirety, = whether in electronic or hard copy format. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. > -- > Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ > FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------