Re: Oracle connetion using NT logon

Bandoba <bandoba_at_yahoo.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to connect to Oracle running on Sun Solaris from NT machine
> using ODBC/ADO. I can connect by providing Oracle user name and password.
> But instead of that I want Oracle to use NT authentication. I know this
> is possible on Oracle running on Windos NT (i.e. u can configure it to
> accept current logged on user on NT). But can anybody tell me if this is
> possible with Oracle running on Sun Solaris? and if yes, how?
>
> Bandoba

Unfortunately, it is not possible as there is no NT -> Solaris authentication protocol.

If Windows 2000 supports Kerberos as advertised, then it will be possible to do what you want since Solaris also supports Kerberos and Oracle will be able to take advantage of that.

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                                Rick Wessman
                                Server Security Group
                                Oracle Corporation
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