Well, yes, the can set their name to SYSTEM, SYS, SCOTT, whatever, and so
long as your authentication demands an OPS$ or basically any other non null
string of characters, who cares? OPS$SYSTEM is not going to wind up being a
DBA... now, if OPS$STILL is a DBA, and someone sets their PC to STILL, then
you've got a problem.
The long and short of it is that the OPS security is only as good as the box
it is serving. If you're on any computer with C level security or higher,
there is nothing wrong with using OPS$ as you are using operating system
level security. So, if, for example, you are using VMS, MVS, CDC, Cray, or
anything us old folks might have used 10 years ago, OPS$ is terrific. If
your operating system is making Bill Gates richer, you have no security to
speak of.
The question you want to ask yourself is how good is your front-end
security?
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Can you explain that? You have me scared now.
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They can also set their username to 'SYSTEM'.
Jared
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anyone can name their pc "oracle" and then connect in if you set
"remote_os_authent"
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> Ron
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