Re: URGENT: Strange Problem... Please help...

  • From: "Radoulov, Dimitre" <cichomitiko@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <oracle.tutorials@xxxxxxxxx>, <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 12:41:02 +0200

With "/ as sysdba" you get authenticated by the OS, no metter what user/pass 
you're giving:


SQL> conn nouser/nopass as sysdba
Connected.
SQL> sho user
USER is "SYS"
SQL> select username from dba_users where username='NOUSER';

no rows selected

SQL> 


Regards,
Dimitre Radoulov



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: DBA Deepak 
  To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 12:34 PM
  Subject: URGENT: Strange Problem... Please help...


  Hi Gurus,

  I used the following set of commands on my DB server.

  C:\>sqlplus /nolog

  SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.7.0 - Production on Tue Sep 6 15:25:27 2005

  Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation.  All rights reserved. 

  SQL> conn sys/change_on_install as sysdba
  Connected.
  SQL> conn sys/change_on_install123 as sysdba
  Connected.
  SQL> conn sys/change_on_install123456789 as sysdba
  Connected.
  SQL> conn sys/change_on_inasdastall123456789 as sysdba 
  Connected.
  SQL>

  I would like to know why does Oracle allow me to connect using any random 
  passowrd for SYS user?

  We have remote_login_passwordfile=EXCLUSIVE set in the pfile.

  Please help me... 


  -- 
  Regards,

  Deepak
  Oracle DBA 

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