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ORA-12638 error

From: shuan <shuan.tay_at_pci.co.id>
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 17:05:05 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.003EA7F9.20020108164019@fatcity.com>

hai...DBA,
 

i'm a newcomer for Oracle Enterprise
Edition.
i used to learn Personal Edition 8.1.6
before.
 

now i'm facing a problem in Enterprise Edition 8.1.6 on Win2000 Advance Server.
It worked fine before then suddenly, when i attempt to login,
no matter it's SQLPlus, EMS, DBA
Studio,....
it's just returned this error message:
    ORA-12638 Credential retrieval

failed
so i can't login and can't start the
oracle.
 

i referred to Oracle error code
description,
it say,
    Cause: The authentication service

failed to retrieve
       
    credentials of a user.
    Action: Enable tracing to

determine the exact error.
 

so, what should i do? enable tracing for what? Listener?
 
 

thanks and hav a nice
day. Received on Tue Jan 08 2002 - 19:05:05 CST

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