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Re: OPS$ login to Oracle7 under NT

From: Helmut Hahn <helmut.hahn_at_bitoek.uni-bayreuth.de>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 09:11:42 +0200
Message-ID: <3600B62E.F76F3CD9@bitoek.uni-bayreuth.de>


Zachary Agatstein wrote:

> I have a problem implementing an OPS$ login to Oracle Workgroup Server 7.3.4
> running on Windows NT domain. I set the prefix to none, and enabled remote
> OS authentication, so I have these two lines in initxxxx.ora:
>
> OS_AUTHENT_PREFIX = "" (set of double quotes)
> REMOTE_OS_AUTHENT = TRUE
>
> The intent is for any logged on NT user to connect to the database by using
> only a "/" instead of his/her username/password, followed by
> @database_alias. For example, from inside SQL*Plus, this would be a
> "connect / @dbalias" command
>
> Of course, users, with usernames matching these in the NT domain and
> identified externally, have been added to the database.
>
> I still cannot connect. What am I doing wrong? I remember that under Unix
> this was a piece of cake.
>
> Zach Agatstein

You must mount a network drive from the dbserver (or another trusted NT-server in your network) from your clients! If you are allowed to mount the drive, you are allowed to connect.

Hope this helps
Helmut Received on Thu Sep 17 1998 - 02:11:42 CDT

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