5. What SAP default user is installed with SAP?

5. What SAP default user is installed with SAP?


5. What SAP default user is installed with SAP and how can you disable this user to prevent security holes?

a) SAP* - Set the profile parameter login/no_automatic_user_sapstar to a value greater than zero.
b) SAP* and DDIC -Use transaction su01 to delete the user IDs.
c) SAP* This user can't be disabled as it is the back door for SAP to login to your system.
d) Use SQLplus to delete the user IDs DDIC and SAP*.

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ANSWERS: A

SAP* has full authorization and is intended to be used as a back door for SAP; however, you can lock this hole from your system by setting the default parameter login/no_automatic_user_sapstar to a value greater than zero and deleting the user ID. This will ensure that no one is able to delete your SAP* from the database and login with the initial password of PASS.

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This was first published in February 2006