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Oracle Users and Passwords

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The default accounts are: sys, system, dbsnmp and sysman. The following table provides a basic description of the of the default users.

Oracle background processes

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An oracle database is run as an instance. A database server can run multiple instances and each instance is made up of different components.

Quick start on Oracle 8i and Solaris

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This page assumes you want an oracle install on a single disk, with minimum memory, to just play around with oracle and learn the basics.