I create a minimally privileged user that has only the necessary = privileges. =20 The password is managed by we DBAs and never expires. -- Ron Reidy Lead DBA Array BioPharma, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Tony Vecchiet Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 6:21 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: DB Links management With all the SOX work and password rotations, how do most of you manage=20 all the dblinks? No one wants to know anyone's passwords and we've already rebuilt the=20 dblinks view to exclude the password column. Anyhow, the DBA group got assigned recreating all=20 the dblinks because we can get into all the databases. Any one out there have a=20 good method of managing this? thanks -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l This electronic message transmission is a PRIVATE communication which = contains information which may be confidential or privileged. The information is = intended=20 to be for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are = not the=20 intended recipient, please be aware that any disclosure, copying, = distribution=20 or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please notify = the sender of the delivery error by replying to this message, or notify us = by telephone (877-633-2436, ext. 0), and then delete it from your system. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l