In Oracle Database 12.2 (available in the Oracle DBaaS Cloud) there’s a new functionality called “PDB LOCKDOWN PROFILES“. Actually the parameter came already in undocumented and not functional in Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 (see here).
PDB Lockdown Profiles
PDB Lockdown Profiles are meant as a granular way to restrict or enable access – mostly under the aspect of using the database in a highly shared environment but requiring security. The idea is to embed restrictions on-top of a grant, i.e. taking away certain things. As an example you could allow a user logged into a certain PDB …
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