Re: gcc compiler
- From: MARK BRINSMEAD <mark.brinsmead@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rjoralist3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 15:58:20 -0500
Never encountered that, and I would *hope* that common sense would prevail
to the extent that Oracle Support would only allow this to become an issue
in cases where the absence of a C compiler could have a *plausible* affect
-- such as the inability to natively-compile your PL/SQL.
That said, I would be lying if I said I had never encountered an Oracle
Support engineer who acted a little bit like a bone-head.
Usually, a quick escalation to a "manager" will sort things like this out,
but I suppose there may indeed be a risk here.
As a DBA, your life *will* be easier if you can get approval to install the
compilers and keep them installed. Sadly, though, most security people
could not care two figs for the quality of your life. ;-)
If you get really lucky though, you could maybe arrange to have the
compilers installed, and then maybe people might *forget* to later remove
them.
On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 3:46 PM, Rich Jesse <rjoralist3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> Chris writes:
>
> > Greetings all! I’m doing a fresh installation of Oracle 12c and 11g
> on a
> > new linuxRHEL6 server. Pre-requisites include gcc and gcc-c++ compilers.
> The
> > systemadmin wants to remove these compilers after installation because
> > theyconstitute a security risk. I’m thinking doing so should be okay,
> as
> > long as thesecompilers are re-installed when Oracle patches are applied.
> > Does anyone haveexperience doing this? Thanks in advance.ChrisK
>
> If it's part of the pre-req, then they may also be required for any SRs
> where Support asks for an RPM listing. If they're not there, your may run
> into trouble getting your SR worked on.
>
> Just a thought...
>
> Rich
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