Why do people login as sqlplus /NOLOG?

Why do DBAs login by issuing
sqlplus /NOLOGfirst and then issue
connect sys as sysdbaWhat's wrong in Logging in using a single step
sqlplus / as sysdba

Daniel,
Interesting observation regarding the username and password displaying with the ps command on Unix (I was not aware of that problem). The same problem exists on the Windows platform as well. A Windows administrator is able to remotely execute against a user's computer the WMI query:
SELECT CommandLine FROM Win32_ProcessIf an Oracle user connects to SQL*Plus with the username and password on the command line, the Oracle user's username and password will be exposed to the Windows administrator without that administrator needing to visit the computer used by the user. Also, on Windows I believe that I recall reading about problems with the command line parameters not being set correctly if the username and password are passed in on the command line, something like this (from a client computer):
Z:\>set oracle_sid=MYTESTDB
Z:\>sqlplus sys/mysyspass as sysdba
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Wed Jul 8 10:10:43 2009
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
ERROR:
ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter errorIf on the client computer @MYTESTDB is added after the password, SQL*Plus will connect.
Charles Hooper
IT Manager/Oracle DBA
K&M Machine-Fabricating, Inc.

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Hi,
What is the difference between "sqlplus / as sysdba"
and
"sqlplus /nolog;conn / as sysdba"?
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when "sqlplus /nolog;conn / as sysdba", it could "alter user system identified by password"
why??
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What is the difference between "sqlplus / as sysdba"
and
"sqlplus /nolog;conn / as sysdba"?
No difference.
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when "sqlplus /nolog;conn / as sysdba", it could "alter user system identified by password"
why??
Don't know what you mean :
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Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle. All rights reserved.
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hockeyfighter09 wrote:1. How long have you been using Linux?
Roughly 3 years, with about 2 of those full-time. Tried out for 6 months a couple of years before that, but didn't stick.
hockeyfighter09 wrote:2. How did you learn/find out about Linux?
Older relatives/friends mentioned it in passing due to my interest in computers, was pointed to the (then-new) Ubuntu and actually given a CD (which I never used). Did read up a bit about it at the time, though.
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Frustration with fixing Windows. Most of that came from my tinkering with it with a bunch of patches/hacks/cracks etc, necessitating a reformat every few months. Oh, and viruses would pop-up once in a while. Mac was always out of my budget (was a student, am still not done with my post-grad).
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Ubuntu got quite frustrating from two aspects:-
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A combination of 6. and substituting social deficiencies. Some come across as not actually having much of a social life (probably lack of those sharing nerdy interests in their area) and substituting that in online communities. This isn't really Linux specific, more internet-community specific.
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Perspective of personal developer (one-man projects), I think its a mix of altruism (probably 20-30%), pride (50%) and commercial sensibility (the rest). Most of it is pride, the knowledge that many use my software.
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Not much, honestly. My career-line is education/engineering, so not much scope there. For someone in the computer sciences, of course there'd be more benefit, but not more than investing the same amount of time into part-time work to expand your portfolio. So for the INDIVIDUAL I believe participating in the community does not bring future/career benefits, we do it because we enjoy the community and want to see it succeed.
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The sense of achievement, that what you do is useful to someone. The BIG dislike is when other members of the community don't feel the same way. There will always be members who are demanding (customer mentality) or abrasive (big tough guy mentality). Both are 'big city' mentalities with no place in the 'homely-little-town' community of Linux (that's how I see it anyway).
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Tinlemon wrote:
Hi,
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Thanks for your help!What do you mean by "the HTTP version"?
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