Does Oracle change the case of passwords when shipping to a standby db

From: John Hallas <john.hallas_at_bjss.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 10:38:06 +0100
Message-ID: <E02CB9B2777CF8459C86C49B48C48EC603E9B808@exchange.bjss.co.uk>

   

OEL Linux 11.1.0.6  

I have a orapwd file set up on both databases and have restarted the databases since I re-created the orapw file. I can connect using
'sqlplus sys/password_at_tnsnames_alias as sysdba' between both nodes and
the sys password is the same on both nodes. However archived redo logs files were not shipping across to the standby node and I was pulling my hair out struggling to get it to work.  

Error messages were :-  

  • 2008-05-09 09:44:43.898

Redo shipping client performing standby login

OCISessionBegin failed. Error -1

.. Detailed OCI error val is 1031 and errmsg is 'ORA-01031: insufficient privileges

'

An attempt to establish secure session using password verifier based approach will be attempted..

OCISessionBegin failed. Error -1

.. Detailed OCI error val is 1031 and errmsg is 'ORA-01031: insufficient privileges

'

An attempt to establish secure session using password verifier based approach will be attempted..

OCISessionBegin failed -1

.. Detailed OCI error val is 1017 and errmsg is 'ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied

'

  • 2008-05-09 09:44:44.127 1095 krsh.c

Error 1017 received logging on to the standby


Check that the primary and standby are using a password file

and remote_login_passwordfile is set to SHARED or EXCLUSIVE,

and that the SYS password is same in the password files.

      returning error ORA-16191


   

The passwords were lowercase on both nodes. In fact I was using a cut'n'paste to create both password files, only replacing the node name.

Eventually I fixed the problem by re-creating the password files on both nodes (for the 3rd or 4th time) and restarting the databases. I added the parameter ignorecase=y and everything sprung to life.  

This gets me to think that the password was being translated to uppercase when it came across to the remote node. I am happy to have fixed my problem but I am bugged that it took me so long to figure it out.

Anybody got any theories on case sensitivity using standby databases and password files  

Thanks  

John  

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