RE: oracle account in /etc/passwd
- From: "Bellows, Bambi \(Comsys\)" <bbel5@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <joe_dba@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 11:53:34 -0600
IIRC, it means that your password file is shadowed by your system
administrator.
HTH,
Bambi.
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From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Smith
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 11:15 AM
To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: oracle account in /etc/passwd
I am having trouble getting my scripts to login and run against a 10g
database on solaris 8.
I can login from the cmd prompt as sysdba all day long.
this is the only entry in /etc/passwd that refers to oracle:
(oracle) $ more /etc/passwd
+oracle:x:::::
In /etc/group I see no entries for dba and oinstall. Oracle and
oinstall are the software installers and owners.
Again I can login to sql*plus as sysdba with no problem.
What does the +oracle entry mean in /etc/passwd?
Is it authenticating from some other mechanism?
thanks.
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