Oracle recommends that you revoke EXECUTE privileges on powerful packages f

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Oracle recommends that you revoke EXECUTE privileges on powerful packages from PUBLIC
Got on error on the home page of Enterprise Manager and read that I should run the code below to correct the problem, but when I click on the link at the bottom of EM to go to iSQL*Plus and choose to connect as sysdba I get a popup asking for me to input a password for my computer so I tried my local computer username and password, my network username and password and even my database username and password and neither lets me in. I can login under Normal but then I do not have rights to execute the command.
revoke execute on utl_file from public;
I know I have my computer username and password correct because I had to enter it to shutdown the database yesterday.
And I had a problem with my listener not knowing the SID, but the error has since went away, but I do have an error on my listener saying
Disk Utilization for 0 C: is 151.45%
Edited by: jamesH2 on Aug 29, 2008 9:20 AM

Answer 1

Hi James,
Where you saw that Oracle recommend that? If you are refering to the Db console recomendations please take a look on this note also: Note:343620.1
If you revoke any privilege from PUBLIC it becomes your own responsibility
to ascertain that all your applications will keep working. The same goal can often be accomplished
by replacing the privileges formerly granted to PUBLIC to some individual users or
roles.
Please take a look on this Metalink Note: 247093.1 Be Cautious When Revoking Privileges Granted to PUBLIC
Regards,
Francisco Munoz Alvarez
www.oraclenz.com
Edited by: F. Munoz Alvarez on Aug 30, 2008 1:31 AM