1. Change to a different port. 2. Disable access to that port from all IP addresses except those of the DBAs. Yes, I know IPs can be spoofed. 3. Company policy to restrict use. 4. Don't use it. -- Ron Reidy Lead DBA Array BioPharma, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of oracle@xxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 6:28 AM To: Niall Litchfield Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Need to disable regular user logins to 10g console On Thu, 21 Sep 2006, Niall Litchfield wrote: > what do you mean by "the console"? Sorry, my bad. I want to restrict the dbconsole (typically found on port 1158 by default) to accounts granted the DBA role (or sysdba, etc.), and prevent everyone else. http://hostname:1158/em/ <-- "the console" regards -- //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 to be for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution 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