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11.2.0.3 Scheduled Job Fails with ORA-27486: Insufficient Privileges (Doc ID 1385773.1)

Last updated on MAY 06, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.3 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

The automatic schedule for the job works well for 11.2.0.2 and lower versions but in this case, affects database 11.2.0.3 version.

When schedule a job with Scheduler, the job fails with
ORA-12012: error on auto execute of job "XXX"."TEST"
ORA-27486: insufficient privileges

A manual run of the job using dbms_scheduler.run_job works without a problem.
Also a scheduled run of the job works when only the default job class is assigned to this job.

Changes

 

Cause

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