RMAN Job Failure

Environment:  

9.2.0.5 on Red Hat Linux ES3  

I was checking backups from last night with the following oddity. The job failed with "User Authentication Failed." Simple right? The oracle user account password changed - not. The o/s account pw didn't change, the RMAN account on the database - password hasn't changed either. I spoke with my S/A and he hasn't changed anything either. The semi-intelligent agent is still running (Since Feb 16th).  

I did try to run a one-off job to do a one time get it done now backup through the OEM console with no success. However, I was able to log in to the server and run an RMAN script via command line with no problems.  

Any thoughts/experiences with this type of problem?  

Thank you for your help.      

Rick Weiss
Oracle Database Administrator  

Student Assistance Foundation
P.O.Box 203101
2500 Broadway
Helena, MT 59620-3101  

rweiss_at_safmt.org
(406) 495-7356

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