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SYS, the Owner of the Data Dictionary

The Oracle user SYS owns all base tables and user accessible views of the data dictionary. Therefore, no Oracle user should ever alter any object contained in the SYS schema and the security administrator should keep strict control of this central account.

Note: Altering or manipulating the data in underlying data dictionary tables can permanently and detrimentally affect the operation of a database.

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