Oracle7 Server Administrator's Guide

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Types of Oracle7 Users

At your site, the types of users and their responsibilities may vary. For example, at a large site the duties of a database administrator might be divided among several people.

This section includes the following topics:

Database Administrators

Because an Oracle7 database system can be quite large and have many users, someone or some group of people must manage this system. The database administrator (DBA) is this manager. Every database requires at least one person to perform administrative duties.

A database administrator's responsibilities can include the following tasks:

Security Officers

In some cases, a database might also have one or more security officers. A security officer is primarily concerned with enrolling users, controlling and monitoring user access to the database, and maintaining system security. You might not be responsible for these duties if your site has a separate security officer.

Application Developers

An application developer designs and implements database applications An application developer's responsibilities include the following tasks:

Application Administrators

An Oracle site might also have one or more application administrators. An application administrator is responsible for the administration needs of a particular application.

Database Users

Database users interact with the database via applications or utilities. A typical user's responsibilities include the following tasks:

Network Administrators

At some sites there may be one or more network administrators. Network administrators may be responsible for administering Oracle7 networking products, such as SQL*Net.

See Also: "Network Administration" in Oracle7 Server Distributed Systems, Volume I.


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