Question : Object Privs.

Hi all,

I'm a startup DBA,

I'm trying to grant the object privileges(select & insert ) of USR1 to USR2  , connected as sys or internal.

But I get ORA-01031: insufficient privileges , when I try do that.

Is it necessary that i have to connect as  usr1 to give object privileges of usr1 to usr2 ?

please help me ...

Thanks .

Answer : Object Privs.

While SYS or SYSTEM is a god account in the database -- they cannot grant access to objects (tables/procedures/functions/packages) that they either
1)  Do not own themselves
or
2)  Objects that they have not been granted access to with the GRANT option

The quick fix --
Log into the schema owner -- then grant access on the objects to sys & system with the following clause "with grant option"
example, say we are using the scott.emp table
connect scott/tiger
grant select, insert,update,delete on scott.tiger to sys with grant option;
grant select, insert,update,delete on scott.tiger to system with grant option;


Sys and system should be able to grant access on that in the future.

You might want to consider creating Oracle Roles and granting privs to the roles --  it would make administration a little easier......


Hope this helps,
dBalaski