Create and refresh Oracle read-only users for ODBC

Question

Create or refresh read-only Oracle users

Answer

1. Log into the server as the oracle user.
2. Run /m1/utility/readonly.ksh
3. Select xxxdb (where xxxdb is the Voyager Database Instance) for the database(s)
4. When prompted, enter the user name: (i.e.  default is ro_xxxdb or enter a custom read-only user name)
5. When prompted, enter the user's password: (i.e. default is ro_xxxdb or enter a custom read-only password)
6. Test the username & password in Access after the script finishes.

Additional Information

If you cannot log into the server as the oracle user or would like assistance, open a Case with Support.

One way to test that the read-only user is working is by logging into the Voyager server via SSH, then logging into SQLplus using the read-only account login and password, and then running a simple query. For example:

• Article last edited: 28-Mar-2018