> > >Is there a property returned from a successful login which can
> > report to the
> > >application that the person logged on is the sysdba of the server?
> > >If not, what is the quickest/least disturbing exception one
> > could attempt to
> > >test if this user is the sysdba?
> >
> > Why wouldn't you just read the username (variable/property/DPB
> parameter)
> > that was passed for the connection?
> >
> > ./hb
>
> yes - I was thinking that there was a possibility that someone
> could change
> the username SYSDBA to something else. But I see now that that's not
> possible (?).
> You are told in GSEC docs that you have to delete a user and re-create one
> if you ever want to change a username. I have never tried it but I imagine
> that you get an exception if you ever tried to delete SYSDBA?
> Alan

well - you can delete sysdba with no exception.
I'm not sure why there is the ability to do this (i.e. no protection)
Alan