i enable auditing on the database 10.2 for users,
once i query SQL> SELECT username,
extended_timestamp,
owner,
obj_name,
action_name
FROM dba_audit_trail
WHERE owner = <Username>
there are many many rows , my question is , are you enable to truncate it from time to time , if not ,is it effect on the performance of the database ?
How to enable auditing in oracle ?
View 2 Replies View RelatedIn PL/SQL Plus, i can enable/disable auditing when i connect as sysdba by using these command:
SQL> ALTER SYSTEM SET audit_trail=db SCOPE=SPFILE
SQL> shutdown
SQL> startup
I've done it successfully with PL/SQL Plus command line. But in PHP, how can i do that?How to execute "shutdown" and "startup" from PHP?
I've found this code for connect to oracle as sysdba:
oci_connect("/", "", null, null, OCI_SYSDBA);
From the following link:
[URL]......
But, i still can't execute "shutdown", "startup";
We have recently upgraded our DR environment from 9i to 11g. We have auditing turned on for 3 tables.
On 9i, AUD$ table size is 11G for 12 months and the upgraded 11g environment has 9G in 2 days....
Below is the sql statement we used to turn on auditing on these tables.
audit select,update,delete on audit_Test2 by session;
Opened SR with Oracle, but no proper response from them...
what changes we need to do in order to reduce the amount of audit data on these tables in 11g?
I am using Oracle 11g (11.2.0.1) and I want to audit the specific tables in my schema and send to OS syslog.
For example, I have 3 tables A,B and C. If any user is accessing A and B tables (DMLs,select etc) then I want to audit and send it to OS syslog.
Enable / Disable menu items for different users.
how to create different users give in demo files i am using 10gforms.
I have enabled Auditing but when i run the below given statement i get the output with count of 20 null username.I tried to run NOAUDIT ALL but still the same result.
Why does it show auditing for null username and how can i disable it.
select count(*) from DBA_STMT_AUDIT_OPTS where user_name is null;
20
how to see password of users in 11g
View 11 Replies View RelatedI do a schema in oracle ... an m my question is if I can create 2 o more users for access to a schema..for example i have schema Project and i need that one administrator and 2 more users with others permission.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI see the following in dba_users.
select username,account_status,EXPIRY_DATE from dba_users;
USERNAME ACCOUNT_STATUS EXPIRY_DATE
-------------------------------------------------
DEMO EXPIRED(GRACE) 2013-03-20 10:52:48
My question here is what if we dont reset the password by 20th of March.Will we not be able to reset the password once the password is expired ?
i've created a schema, which contains 30 tables. the tables are accessed & updated through a web based application. i've made public synonym for all tables for some reasons. how can prevent any one other than application users from updating the tables from Sqlplus.
View 2 Replies View RelatedWe've a requirement to hide particular data set for users, until it's reviewed & approved by admin. This needs to be implemented in our live environment (BO WebI 3.1 and Oracle 10G). We explored below options on the db side but obviously it will increase the maintenance efforts:
1. Implement data level security using Virtual Private Database (VPD) and some flag indicators.
2. Storing approved and unapproved data in different db partitions
Is there a way where I can check users/IPs who connect to the database in a specific time 2 days ago?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have a database in which DB extended auditing is enabled but there are no audit specifications in privileges or statements or objects. So what will be audited in that case.
View 12 Replies View RelatedI have enabled auditing in my oracle9i DB, it is running fine, generating trails and I can capture those. Recently I checked in dba_audit_session table and found os_username, userhost, terminal showing null value whereas username is captured as my own (having dba prvis). Strange thing is that it doesn't occurs everyday.
One of the possibility of running batch files may occurs such issues, but I ran this batch everyday then why it is occurring some days only.
Attached File(s)
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I'm working on a Java-based web application and we have unit tests that we use to test all our all code that interacts with the database or code that interacts with our DB code. The Spring framework allows us to perform some DML within a transaction before each test and then rollback the changes. For the most part, this works, however when I run the full suite of unit tests, it will randomly commit data to the database causing the rest of the tests to fail.
will Oracle's auditing let me see where this odd-ball commit is occurring? Is there another way for me to see when data is being committed?
This does not appear to be happening on any of the systems we've deployed, however this is a bit unsettling and would like to know why this is occurring so that we can prevent it from happening in production.
I am trying to maintain data audit in the database using triggers where i want to write the row level trigger in an generic way using the following concept .Using USER_TAB_COLUMNS table inside the trigger i want to bind all column values of the row into a single string in the following format
COLUMN_NAME = Value(:new/:old.COLUMN_NAME)=> this value would be bound dynamically is it possible to create a string for each row instance in the trigger at run time using the above mentioned format and user_tab_column table
how to set up alerts on specific audit log results without using Audit Vault?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI would like to be aware of all select statements that are run against the schema I am responsible for (for performance analysis reasons) My privileges are restricted and I think I won't get access to any dba views.
So is there a recomondation how I can solve this requirement?
I am using Oracle Database 10.2 in No Archive Log Mode. what auditing options are available in No Archive Log mode ?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI'd like to audit a table for any SELECT queries that are executed against it with no WHERE clause. I've read the documentation on DBMS_FGA carefully, and as close as I can tell, creating a policy with a NULL audit_condition causes all queries against the table to be audited, which isn't what I'm looking for.
What I'd like is something like this:
DBMS_FGA.ADD_POLICY (
object_schema => 'scott',
object_name => 'emp',
policy_name => 'mypolicy1',
audit_condition => 'WHERE CLAUSE IS ABSENT',
audit_column => 'comm,sal',
[code].......
SELECT * FROM EMP;but queries with conditions ('WHERE sal > 400', for instance) are not trapped.
I'm using 11gR2 (11.2.0.2) on OEL.
I'm attempting to audit unsuccessful Select statements in order to trap a problem we're experiencing with our application. I have set the AUDIT_TRAIL initialization parameter to DB_EXTENDED, and bounced our database.
I've issued the AUDIT SELECT ANY TABLE WHENEVER NOT SUCCESSFUL command, and when I issue a SELECT statement as an application user, nothing appears in SYS.AUD$ even though the application has issued a select statement which returned no rows.
I have a problem with a PCI DSS - requirement in Oracle 11.2. (PCI DSS = Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard)
Problem:
we connect via ' ssh -2 -X -l oracle hostname ' to the databaseserver and become os-user 'oracle'. we have also two offshore locations with dba's and each dba comes with his personalized user to the jumphost and then with the above ssh command to the database server.
the problem is that each dba becomes the oracle-os-account and can now connect with '/ as sysdba' to the database.in pci-dss this is not allowed !
now my question:how can I audit these '/ as sysdba'-connections and prove which user connected at which time with the '/ as sysdba' command ?
database is in audit mode. we log to syslog on linus redhat 5. I know one solution could be setting "SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES" parameter to "NONE" in sqlnet.ora file will make it not possible to connect to the database without a password as sysdba. (sqlplus / as sysdba). but we have to many applications and jobs and this is not really the solution in this case.
I think I can only solve this problem with personalized OS-user DBA-accounts in the dba-goup on os-site and os-user oracle should not be used for the future ?? I also need personalized dba-user-accounts in the database. using sys and system is not allowed. this users has to be locked and only for special administration work could it be unlocked.
It seems that dml trigger doesn't fire when lob field is being updated using dbms_lob package.
As it stated in Oracle documentation:
QUOTE Using OCI functions or the DBMS_LOB package to update LOB values or LOB attributes of object columns does not cause Oracle to fire triggers defined on the table containing the columns or the attributes.
I need to know that table was updated (or is about to be updated), how can I do that in case it is lob field that is being updated?
It seems that dml trigger doesn't fire when lob field is being updated using dbms_lob package. As it stated in Oracle documentation:
Quote:Using OCI functions or the DBMS_LOB package to update LOB values or LOB attributes of object columns does not cause Oracle to fire triggers defined on the table containing the columns or the attributes.
I need to know that table was updated (or is about to be updated), how can I do that in case it is lob field that is being updated?
Any documentation supporting Oracle 11G and Advanced Security stating encryption at rest is FIPS 140-2 compliant?
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Sometimes it is necessary for some users losing and forgetting complex passwords easily to write down them somewhere proper. However, it is important to educate users on how to write down passwords properly. Obviously, a sticky note on the monitor is not a good idea, but storing passwords in a safe or even a locked cabinet may be sufficient.
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Each character that you add to your password increases the protection. Your passwords should be 8 or more characters in length; 14 characters or longer is the Optimal Password Length. Many systems also support use of the space bar in passwords, so you can create a phrase made of many words. It is not easier to forget and lose, as well as longer than a simple password, and harder to guess.
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Some users always make the same passwords for every account to make it easy to remember. In that case, when any one of them lost, your other information protected by that password will be in danger as well. It is serious to use different passwords for different systems and accounts.
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Most of users prefer to use some common words to remember easily, for example, login name, birth date, driver's license, passport number, pets' name and other words contained their personal information someone knows. In that case, your Windows system will not be safe anymore. Moreover, do remember not to use some words spelled backwards, abbreviations, sequences or repeated characters and adjacent letters, such as, asdfgh, 123456, 888888, abcdef and so on.
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For auditing, I need to insert the user, among other data, into different tables. The thing is, I have an application with DB account authentication, so a real database user is connected, when auditing, the user field inserted is "ANONYMOUS".
Apex 4.2
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Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.5
Database 11.2 EE
In Sybase, my application was using system tables to perform application login security. Those tables obviously don't exist in Oracle. I am looking for ways to provide the following functionality in an Oracle world:
1. How to determine 'x' days of inactivity based on "last login date"?
2. How to determine when a new user logs in for the first time and force them to change their password?
3. If we need to reset a users password, how can we require the user to change their password?
4. Is there any other option other than storing a user-id/password in the application code for locking a user's account if their account needs to be locked due to inactivity?
5. In the USER_USERS view there is a status column. What the different status's can be?
I am importing some data from Oracle into another database on a regular basis. It works fine for most of the queries but couple of queries don't work sometimes (random). I don't get any errors or any data.
We switched on the Oracle auditing to find out the queries being sent to oracle db. We can see all the queries in the Audit log. Is it possible to configure Auditing to get the "Number of Rows" returned by Select statements so that we can be sure that some data was returned.