All users must supply a valid user ID and password to access an Oracle database. In addition, Oracle provides security in the form of distinct privileges that control access to databases and objects within databases. Oracle regulates access to database objects at the table level based on types of tasks. For example, INDEX privileges allow the user to create or drop indexes.
To use the OpenEdge DataServer for Oracle, there are three security requirements:
To run DataServer applications that access an Oracle database, you must have
SELECT privileges for the sys.dual system table.
To connect to the schema holder for the Oracle database, you must supply a valid user ID and password for the target database. OpenEdge provides connection parameters that the DataServer uses to pass this information to the Oracle Database Manager.
See
Schemaholder security for a detailed description of the required privileges.