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Oracle Software Owner, LDAP user or local user ?

edited Feb 24, 2021 11:24PM in Database Administration (MOSC) 2 commentsAnswered

Database Version: Oracle Database 19c (19.6)

OS Version: Oracle Solaris SPARC 11.4


In all of our previous stand alone Oracle Client installations as well as full Oracle EE installations a local account exists on the dbms host (and groups dba, oper, etc. etc.) 


We now started using LDAP user accounts and groups due to organisation policy. However during a review by oracle expert, it was pointed out the using LDAP users and groups are not recommended.

Reviewing the Client installation documentation: https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/19/ssdbi/identifying-an-oracle-software-owner-user-account.html#GUID-9C867DC8-CAF2-428F-86FF-007351D81FEC

the following is documented:

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