John,
I'm not totally sure this will work, but it's worth a try.
Create the shared library file (.so in Unix land) as the owner of the file that
needs to be read. Then set the suid bit on the .so file. Make sure there is
execute priviledges to public as well I thins it's "chmod 755". When the
external procedure is called it should launch under the original owner's
account/permissions.
Dick Goulet
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Author: John Dunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 3/13/2001 9:11 AM
I am running an external C procedure. The C function needs to access
afile...but it is not owned by oracle and is read only for the user that
does own it.
Is there anyway that I can access this file? External procedures always seem
to run as oracle.
John
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