Efficient DBA Part 1 Scripting Your Logins “Efficiency is intelligent laziness.” ~ David Dunham TCOUG

Start at the End TCOUG

Set the SQL prompt TCOUG

Always be aware of your environment TCOUG

Script the environment variables for each instance TCOUG

rlwrap TCOUG Gives capability to re-execute commands in sqlplus and rman Command history program similar to bash’s history package Installable as RPM or compile from source Gives similar behavior to sqlplus in Windows Will run in Cygwin Very robust, but simple arrow up gives last command executed to-get-a-command-history-in-sqlplus/ to-get-a-command-history-in-sqlplus/

Put environment scripts in an easily accessible location and alias the most frequently used TCOUG

Sudo prohibits and allows commands to be run TCOUG

Sudo has a verification timeout before asking for your password again TCOUG

Only requires password once, then loops and executes command once every 10 seconds Note: Your company’s security department may not like this TCOUG

Add this script to your profile script Will execute automatically on login TCOUG

Will run as long as your login PID exists TCOUG

AD/LDAP user automatic login TCOUG

Shared Key Authentication is enabled on the server by default TCOUG

Generate private and public keys with PuttyKeyGen TCOUG

Private key client authentication done by Pageant TCOUG

The key generated will look similar to this Formatted like this will work with Linux SSHD

$HOME/.ssh should be set to 700 TCOUG $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys should be set to 600

Once the public key is added, the server is ready to accept the paired keys TCOUG

Shared Key Authentication bypasses the need for a password on login TCOUG

Desktop Log into server using share-key authentication Sudo keep-alive loop started Switch User to Oracle Set environment variables Log into sqlplus Review

When Time is Your Bottle Neck Every Second Counts! TCOUG Become an Efficient DBA Spend some time each week finding shortcuts Thank You! Seth Miller