Re: ORA-12641: TNS:authentication service failed to initialize

On 19 Nov 1997, Dave Brady wrote:
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> Subject: ORA-12641: TNS:authentication service failed to initialize
>
> I'm flying blind here, as I don't have the SQL*Net docs yet (v2.3).
>
> I can connect to the database (7.3.3) with SQL*Plus 3.3.3 if I issue:
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> sqlplus username/password
>
> but if I type:
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> sqlplus username/password_at_service name
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> I get the error.

Add the following line to your listener.ora:

SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES=(BEQ,NONE)

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Jeremiah Wilton      http://www.wolfenet.com/~jeremiah