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
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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