Database Administration Authentication

Database Administration Authentication 

 

Using Operating System Authentication

Following are the steps to create an Oracle administrator using OS authenticaion. Creating
normal user who is capable of using OS authentication is a bit different. See External (OS)
Authentication.
1. Create an operating system account for the user.
2. Add the account to the OSDBA or OSOPER operating system defined groups.
Unix User Groups: dba, oper
Windows: ORA_DBA, ORA_OPER
3. login to OS as the created user
4. In SQL*Plus
CONNECT / AS SYSDBA
CONNECT / AS SYSOPER

Using Password File Authentication

5. Create the password file
6. orapwd FILE=filename PASSWORD=password ENTRIES=max_users
7. alter system set REMOTE_LOGIN_PASSWORDFILE = EXCLUSIVE scope=SPFILE;
8. CONN / AS SYSDBA
9. GRANT SYSDBA TO GRANTEDUSER
10. CONN GRANTEDUSER/USERPASSWORD AS SYSDBA
Identifying Users SYSDBA or SYSOPER Users
SELECT * FROM V$PWFILE_USERS