Chapter 5
PUBLIC Privileges
Introduction
Oracle databases come built in with an interesting entity called PUBLIC. PUBLIC is neither a Role nor a User, although in many ways it is managed like both. Every user in the database is a member of PUBLIC by default, and there is nothing that can be done to change that. PUBLIC is a permanent fixture in Oracle, it cannot be removed by any means. PUBLIC is, in fact, a unique construct, it is a user group, and it is the only user group that exists. It is likely that at some point, Oracle intended to add a feature called ...
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