For those uses, the DBA can use their existing ability to connect to the database server host. From grandparent: > That's kinda the point - there is an argume

For those uses, the DBA can use their existing ability to connect to the database server host. From grandparent: > That's kinda the point - there is an argument that one should not be baking arbitrary shell command execution into database server at all. Such execution will lack critical security features - setting right user, process tracking, cleanup, etc..