Re: Identified externally

You need to set remote_os_authent = true in the init.ora of your database. By the way, your opening up a big security hole if you do that...

Tom Tyson

• Aldi Barco <ipal_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
  > Hi list,
  >
  > I would like to use external password.
  > Now, its works fine invoking sqlplus from the linux server (telnet and then
  > login and then sqlplus /)
  >
  > How can I use the same command (sqlplus /) from client (sqlplus client and
  > visual basic application through odbc) ?
  >
  > Thanks for any clue.
  >
  > Aldi
  > Oracle DBA
  >
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