Not true (unless you've encountered this "bug" on a specific version / patch release / platform).
I have used group names other than "dba" -- eg to run isolated oracle installations on the same server. Hemant At 07:45 AM Thursday, Mladen Gogala wrote:
I believe that it is a bug, that the dba group is hard-coded into the sqlplus executable. That is why I ALWAYS use dba as a SYSDBA group name. The strace command should be able to reveal the secret.
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