Where is the strt<SID>.cmd file? I don;t see it anywhere under $ORACLE_HOME.
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> From: Farnsworth, Dave [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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> Subject: strt<SID>.cmd security hole??
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> I inherited an Oracle 7.3.4 database that nobody knew the internal password
> for. So I was doing some research on metalink and came across an article
> that mentioned the strt<SID>.cmd file would have the password. I was amazed
> to open up this file and see the unencrypted password for internal. I then
> check my 8.0.5 database and the same thing. Then I checked my 8.1.7
> database and it was not there. Did this gaping security hole disappear in
> the 8i database? I sure hope so.
> Both the 7.3.4 and 8.0.5 have the remote_login_passwordfile init paramater
> set to SHARED, whereas my 8.1.7 is set to EXCLUSIVE. I don't know if this
> has something to do with it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
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