So do you all think that setting ora_session_mode to ORA_SYSDBA should force
the password to be non-null?

Tim.

On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 07:26:12AM -0400, Gold, Samuel (Contractor) wrote:
> Very interesting.....
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Burlison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 8:16 PM
> To: Andy Hassall
> Cc: Christian Merz; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Oracle connect internal/OS authentification
> 
> 
> Hmm, this seems to work for me as well (on Solaris).  The trick seems to be 
> to set the ora_session_mode to ORA_SYSDBA, provide a username of 'SYS' and a
> 
> *non-null* password - anything will do, even a single space.  I've checked 
> this from my primary oracle login account, and by adding/removing a normal 
> user from/to the dba group:
> 
> # User not in dba group
> t$ /tmp/dba
> ORA-01031: insufficient privileges (DBD ERROR: OCISessionBegin)
> 
> # User added to dba group
> $ /tmp/dba
> BASALT
> SYS
> 
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> Alan Burlison
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