Access=Restricted Access=Unrestricted Permits the database administrator to open the database and restrict access to it in order to perform maintenance operations or to restructure the database without interference from users who want to gain access. If access is restricted (Access=Restricted), the DBADM privilege is required for SQL access to the database. If the Access=Unrestricted qualifier is specified, users without the DBADM privilege can attach to the database. NOTE Do not confuse the Oracle RMU Access=Restricted qualifier with the SQL restricted access clause (available for use with the following SQL statements: ATTACH, CREATE, DECLARE ALIAS, and IMPORT). When you specify the restricted access clause in SQL, only one user can attach to the database; when you specify the Access=Restricted qualifier using Oracle RMU, any number of users with the DBADM privilege can access the database. Furthermore, note that an SQL SHOW DATABASE command displays the phrase "No Restricted Access" or the phrase "Restricted Access" if access has been restricted using the SQL restricted access clause. However, SHOW DATABASE tells you nothing about whether Oracle RMU has opened a database with access restricted. Use the RMU Dump command to view the Oracle RMU access setting. Refer to the Oracle Rdb SQL Reference Manual for more information on the SQL restricted access clause. If you specify the RMU Open command without the Access qualifier, Oracle RMU opens the database in the same access mode as the last RMU Open command performed. If the database was last opened as restricted, issuing the RMU Dump command results in the following message being displayed: Access restricted to privileged users Use this form of the RMU Open command to open the database on other nodes without changing the access mode. The access mode is clusterwide and the last mode set with the RMU Open command is used for the entire cluster. For example, if you open the mf_personnel database on node A with the Access=Unrestricted qualifier, and open the same database on node B with the Access=Restricted qualifier, the database has restricted access on both node A and node B. However, the commands do not terminate any user processes that may have gained access while the database was unrestricted. The access mode is stored in the database. Consequently, if the system fails while access is restricted, access remains restricted unless the unrestricted mode is explicitly requested. The RMU Backup, RMU Restore, and RMU Copy_Database commands also preserve the access mode. The RMU Close command does not alter the access mode. You can change the mode by using the RMU Open command only. You can use the RMU Open command to restrict access to any database, whether it was opened as AUTOMATIC or MANUAL. The Access qualifier is a positional qualifier.