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4 Create and Manage Users and Roles

The nodes listed in Table 4-1 appear in the Microsoft Management Console. These nodes let you create and manage Oracle database administrators, operators, users, and roles.

Table 4-1 Starting and Stopping the OracleServiceSID

Node Name This Node Lets You Create a... How Do I Edit This Node?
OS Database Administrators - Computer Windows user who can access all database instances on a single computer with SYSDBA privileges and without being prompted for a password.
  1. Right-click this node.
  2. Choose Add/Remove.

  3. Follow the instructions.

OS Database Operators - Computer Windows user who can access all database instances on a single computer with SYSOPER privileges and without being prompted for a password.
  1. Right-click this node.
  2. Choose Add/Remove.

  3. Follow the instructions.

External OS Users Windows user who can access the database without being prompted for a password. This user is similar to a regular database user to whom you assign standard database roles (CONNECT and RESOURCE), but do not want to assign SYSDBA and SYSOPER privileges.
  1. Right-click this node.
  2. Choose Create.

  3. Follow the instructions.

Local Roles Database-managed role. Local roles can only be granted to an individual database user. You can create local roles with OS_ROLES set to true in the INIT.ORA parameter file, but you cannot grant them to database users. To grant them, you must set OS_ROLES to false.
  1. Right-click this node.
  2. Choose Create.

  3. Follow the instructions.

External OS Roles Windows managed role. This feature is available when OS_ROLES is set to true in the INIT.ORA parameter file. External operating system roles can be granted to both individual database users and global groups.
  1. Right-click this node.
  2. Choose Create.

  3. Follow the instructions.

OS Database Administrators Windows user who can access a specific database instance on a single computer with SYSDBA privileges and without being prompted for a password.
  1. Right-click this node.
  2. Choose Add/Remove.

  3. Follow the instructions.

OS Database Operators Windows user who can access a specific database instance on a single computer with SYSOPER privileges and without being prompted for a password.
  1. Right-click this node.
  2. Choose Add/Remove.

  3. Follow the instructions.