Re: Database links

Rick Wessman wrote:
>
>
> This parameter is used to indicate the list of services that you have
> available for use in authenticating yourself to the other process. To get
> around an old bug, it used to be necessary to specify "beq, none" so connect
> internal would work with requiring a password. This bug has been fixed, BTW.
>
> Your fix worked because "tcp" is not a valid authentication service and "none"
> means to use nothing. The end result was that ASO ignored the setting. When
> you attempted the DB link, no ASO authentication was done and everything
> worked. The same result can be obtained by commenting out or deleting the
> parameter setting.
>
> However, ASO should not have used bequeath in the first place to attempt to
> authenticate the database link. That's why you saw the ORA-12666. I would
> still report it as a bug.
>
> --
> Rick
> Rick Wessman
> Security and Directory Technologies
> Server Technologies
> Oracle Corporation
> rwessman_at_us.oracle.com
>
> The statements and opinions expressed here are my own and do not
> necessarily represent those of Oracle Corporation.

Is there an email address where I can send a bug report?

Anyhow, I'm a happy camper now. My next step is to start loading up on snapshots via a database link to find out at what point performance starts to become degraded. Received on Wed Feb 23 2000 - 06:47:50 CST