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"Albert K. Lee" <albert.k.lee_at_hydro.on.ca> writes:
> Is there any limitation on using the NT user authentication instead of the
> Oracle system password file authentication? I am wondering whether the OS
> passthrough method will lose some controls on table access permissions
> etc... at the expense of convenience.
There is no limitation. Oracle uses the same method of authorization no matter
how the user was authenticated.
One exception, though, is that if a user is authorized through the Advanced Networking Option. In that case, the roles that a user gets are controlled by whatever mechanism ANO uses.
-- Rick Rick Wessman Security Products Distributed Data Systems Oracle Corporation rwessman_at_us.oracle.comReceived on Tue Mar 24 1998 - 00:00:00 CST