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Changing Passwords for SYS and SYSTEM on Linux/UNIX

edited Sep 15, 2012 8:39AM in Database Administration (MOSC) 4 commentsAnswered ✓
Hello DBAs:

 

We are 11.2.0.3 GI and RAC on rhel5.  A co-worker was planning to change passwords for SYS and he found an odd statement in MOS article "How to Change SYS and SYSTEM Passwords [ID 1051982.6]". 

 

"Note that any OS user who is a member of the osdba group (usually 'dba') can run 'sqlplus / as sysdba'.  Because of this it is necessary to change the password of the OS users who are members of this group.  "

 

This was news to me.  I have changed passwords for SYS and SYSTEM many times before and have never modified the OS user's (oracle) password at the same time.  Access as sysdba was not impaired.

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