1.11 ALLOW_GROUP_ACCESS_TO_SGA

ALLOW_GROUP_ACCESS_TO_SGA controls group access to shared memory on UNIX platforms.

Property Description

Parameter type

Boolean

Default value

false

Modifiable

No

Modifiable in a PDB

No

Range of values

true | false

Basic

No

Oracle RAC

The same value must be used on all instances.

The default value is false, which means that database shared memory is created with owner access only. In Oracle Database releases prior to Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2.0.1), database shared memory was created with owner and group access.

When this parameter is set to true, database shared memory is created with owner and group access. This behavior grants permissions to DBAs to manage shared memory outside the database, but also allows DBAs to read and write to shared memory, which may not be desirable for certain installations.