Re: Strange problem logging on...

From: Hans Forbrich <forbrich_at_telusplanet.net>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 16:48:16 GMT
Message-ID: <3EC1207C.1FE928EC@telusplanet.net>

Volker Hetzer wrote:

> Hi!
> (9i, suse linux)
> I've got a very strange problem when I try to log on to
> my database (redhat 8) from a suse linux client:
>
> sqlplus kurs@$ORACLE_SID/kurs
> works
>
> but sqlplus kurs/kurs
> returns with ORA-12545: Connect failed because target host or object does not exist
>
> Any idea what that could be?

The oracle authentication string is generally user/passwd_at_target - in the simplest environment the target is defined in the tnsnames.ora on the client machine in the $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin directory.

Therefore, how is your tnsnames.ora configured? Received on Tue May 13 2003 - 11:48:16 CDT