Oracle Predefined User Accounts

In Oracle, there are some predefined User Accounts that basically helps in performing some task as follows:

1) SYS

  • SYS User in Oracle is a user that is used to perform administrative level tasks.
  • SYS Users have all kinds of privileges i.e insertion, updating, deletion, etc. of the data. However, it is not a good practice to alter data as an SYS User.
  • The password for SYS User is set at the time of installation.

2) SYSTEM

  • SYSTEM User is another user that is introduced whenever the database is created.
  • It has all the privileges like SYS user, except the one for removing and backup the data.
  • This User also performs administrative level tasks and follows the same password as it was at the time of installation.

3) SYSMAN

  • SYSMAN user in Oracle represents the EM Admin account.
  • EM stands for the Enterprise Manager account in Oracle that is used to monitor and manage the Oracle database.

4) DBSNMP

  • Oracle Enterprise Manager uses DBSNMP to monitor instances in a Database.
  • DBSNMP read all the passwords from SYS users and use them to access the Database.