Oracle 10g RAC and Unix rlogin question

I support several 10g RAC databases, running on IBM pSeries servers using AIX 5.3. Our database and clusterware are 10.2.0.3 and 10.2.0.4.
I understand that user equivalence and rsh/ssh must be enabled in order for the RAC environment and clusterware to communicate across all of the cluster nodes.
My problem is a question being raised by our internal system auditors. The are requesting that the rlogin and exec commands for AIX be disabled, because they feel it is a security risk. Both commands prompt for a valid userid and password when they are used to remotely login or execute a command.
I have reviewed the RAC documentation online, and searched Metalink (I am not a Metalink expert, though!) as well as Google and can't find anything stating that rlogin and exec are specifically required in order for RAC to function properly.
Can anyone offer advice or their perspective on whether or not these two commands need to be enabled in order for RAC to function?
Thank you in advance for any assistance you can give to me.
Regards,
Mark

Hi Mark,
as far as my knowledge goes RAC does neither use rlogin nor exec commands.
After you setup the cluster Oracle communicates simply via. TCP (clusterware) and UDP (RAC) and is only sending and recieving messages. There is no need during runtime for a remote login.
So als ssh and rsh are solemnly used for installation and patching (not for communication).
Still Oracle recommends to leave them enabled, since it makes life easier than to enable ssh each time a patch is needed.
Sebastian

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>
Charles Yu wrote:
> Q1: Oracle RAC with 9.2.x on HP-UX?
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> Charles
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>
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> Q2: Any reason why you don't use a supported database version?
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PRIF-50: duplicate interface is given in the input
PRIF-50: duplicate interface is given in the input
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# that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
172.18.253.48 eu0266.[company].net cfmaster
172.16.128.11 eu0200.[company].net eu0200
172.16.128.12 eu0201.[company].net eu0201
172.16.128.13 eu0202.[company].net eu0202
172.16.128.14 eu0203.[company].net eu0203
172.18.13.11 eu0200m.[company].net eu0200m
172.18.13.12 eu0201m.[company].net eu0201m
172.18.13.13 eu0202m.[company].net eu0202m
172.18.13.14 eu0203m.[company].net eu0203m
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172.17.1.12 eu0201-priv.[company].net eu0201-priv
172.17.1.13 eu0202-priv.[company].net eu0202-priv
172.17.1.14 eu0203-priv.[company].net eu0203-priv
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Checking existence of GSD node application (optional)
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Hi all,
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I would like to know what happens with existing connections
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>
I know that the listener goes down and any other connections is allowed.
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Regarding Services in Oracle 10g RAC

Hi All,
We are having Oracle 10g RAC (10.2) on Linux machines. We don't have any services configured failover. This can be visible from srvctl config database -d, as nothing related services information is displayed.
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PS: I can't provide any output here as our client network doesn't permit copying.
Regads,
Kumar

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LSNRCTL for Solaris: Version 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on 06-DEC-2013 11:27:20
Copyright (c) 1991, 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved.
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Start Date                19-OCT-2013 14:21:18
Uptime                    47 days 22 hr. 6 min. 2 sec
Trace Level               off
Security                  ON: Local OS Authentication
SNMP                      OFF
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LSNRCTL for Solaris: Version 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on 06-DEC-2013 11:24:42
Copyright (c) 1991, 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved.
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Instance "PLSExtProc", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "PROD" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "PROD1", status READY, has 2 handler(s) for this service...   --> SHOWS ONLY ONE HANDLER FOR THIS
Service "PROD_XPT" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "PROD1", status READY, has 2 handler(s) for this service...
The command completed successfully
eb1-db-svr# cat listener.ora
# listener.ora.eb1-db-svr Network Configuration File: /oracle/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/network/admin/listener.ora.eb1-db-svr
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
SID_LIST_LISTENER_EB1-DB-SVR =
(SID_LIST =
    (SID_DESC =
      (SID_NAME = PLSExtProc)
      (ORACLE_HOME = /oracle/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1)
      (PROGRAM = extproc)
LISTENER_EB1-DB-SVR =
(DESCRIPTION_LIST =
    (DESCRIPTION =
      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = eb1-db-svr-rac)(PORT = 1521)(IP = FIRST))
      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = 10.207.195.32)(PORT = 1521)(IP = FIRST))
eb1-db-svr# cat tnsnames.ora
# tnsnames.ora Network Configuration File: /oracle/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/network/admin/tnsnames.ora
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
LISTENERS_PROD =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
    (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = eb1-db-svr-rac)(PORT = 1521))
    (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = eb1-db-svr-bck-rac)(PORT = 1521))
PROD =
(DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = eb1-db-svr-rac)(PORT = 1521))
    (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = eb1-db-svr-bck-rac)(PORT = 1521))
    (LOAD_BALANCE = yes)
    (CONNECT_DATA =
      (SERVER = DEDICATED)
      (SERVICE_NAME = PROD)
PROD2 =
(DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = eb1-db-svr-bck-rac)(PORT = 1521))
    (CONNECT_DATA =
      (SERVER = DEDICATED)
      (SERVICE_NAME = PROD)
      (INSTANCE_NAME = PROD2)
PROD1 =
(DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = eb1-db-svr-rac)(PORT = 1521))
    (CONNECT_DATA =
      (SERVER = DEDICATED)
      (SERVICE_NAME = PROD)
      (INSTANCE_NAME = PROD1)
EXTPROC_CONNECTION_DATA =
(DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS_LIST =
      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC0))
    (CONNECT_DATA =
      (SID = PLSExtProc)
      (PRESENTATION = RO)
eb1-db-svr-bck# cat listener.ora
# listener.ora.eb1-db-svr-bck Network Configuration File: /oracle/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/network/admin/listener.ora.eb1-db-svr-bck
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
SID_LIST_LISTENER_EB1-DB-SVR-BCK =
(SID_LIST =
    (SID_DESC =
      (SID_NAME = PLSExtProc)
      (ORACLE_HOME = /oracle/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1)
      (PROGRAM = extproc)
LISTENER_EB1-DB-SVR-BCK =
(DESCRIPTION_LIST =
    (DESCRIPTION =
      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = eb1-db-svr-bck-rac)(PORT = 1521)(IP = FIRST))
      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = 10.207.195.35)(PORT = 1521)(IP = FIRST))
eb1-db-svr-bck# cat tnsnames.ora
# tnsnames.ora Network Configuration File: /oracle/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/network/admin/tnsnames.ora
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
LISTENERS_PROD =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
    (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = eb1-db-svr-rac)(PORT = 1521))
    (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = eb1-db-svr-bck-rac)(PORT = 1521))
PROD =
(DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = eb1-db-svr-rac)(PORT = 1521))
    (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = eb1-db-svr-bck-rac)(PORT = 1521))
    (LOAD_BALANCE = yes)
    (CONNECT_DATA =
      (SERVER = DEDICATED)
      (SERVICE_NAME = PROD)
PROD2 =
(DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = eb1-db-svr-bck-rac)(PORT = 1521))
    (CONNECT_DATA =
      (SERVER = DEDICATED)
      (SERVICE_NAME = PROD)
      (INSTANCE_NAME = PROD2)
PROD1 =
(DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = eb1-db-svr-rac)(PORT = 1521))
    (CONNECT_DATA =
      (SERVER = DEDICATED)
      (SERVICE_NAME = PROD)
      (INSTANCE_NAME = PROD1)
EXTPROC_CONNECTION_DATA =
(DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS_LIST =
      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC0))
    (CONNECT_DATA =
      (SID = PLSExtProc)
      (PRESENTATION = RO)

Does managing Oracle 10g RAC with ASM require full root access?

We currently have three entirely separate support areas, Unix, Storage and DBA. We're now considering using Oracle 10g RAC with ASM and as part of the assessment trying to work out if we can still draw similar support boundaries. I know that installing RAC and configuring ASM requires root access but will DBA continue to need root access to manage & support RAC? If so, does anyone know if the commands they need can be RBAC'd or if we just need to share root access going forwards. I've had a look at a number of docs including http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/rac.102/b14197/toc.htm. which is fairly informative but none of them seem to mention the requirement for root access on Solaris. I'm guessing they just assume that it's available, but that's not generally the case in our environment.
All advice / info welcome!

I would have thought that the only reason you would need root access once RAC and ASM had been set up would be to add more disks to the ASM configuration. This would be needed to change the ownership on the raw LUNs or to make additions to metasets (SVM/Oban) or diskgroups (VxVM/CVM). Beyond that, I can't imagine needing root access.
I'm sure others will chime in if they can think of other reasons!
Regards,
Tim
Edited by: Tim.Read on Jun 3, 2008 2:25 AM

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