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Hi Zach,
You need to be logged in to that particular server. Oracle docs say you can do
this by making sure the client is connected to a network drive on that server. I
have never tried that, was convinced this procedure is not really what you want,
and currently I'm working with AIX.
Hth
Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
Zachary Agatstein wrote:
> I have a problem implementing an OPS$ login to Oracle Workgroup Server 7.3.4
> running on Windows NT domain. I set the prefix to none, and enabled remote
> OS authentication, so I have these two lines in initxxxx.ora:
>
> OS_AUTHENT_PREFIX = "" (set of double quotes)
> REMOTE_OS_AUTHENT = TRUE
>
> The intent is for any logged on NT user to connect to the database by using
> only a "/" instead of his/her username/password, followed by
> @database_alias. For example, from inside SQL*Plus, this would be a
> "connect / @dbalias" command
>
> Of course, users, with usernames matching these in the NT domain and
> identified externally, have been added to the database.
>
> I still cannot connect. What am I doing wrong? I remember that under Unix
> this was a piece of cake.
>
> Zach Agatstein
Received on Tue Sep 22 1998 - 15:01:58 CDT