Re: External authentication problem on Digital Unix

dunnett_at_mala.bc.ca (Malcolm Dunnett) writes:

> I'm having trouble getting external authentication working for
> Oracle 7.3 on Digital Unix 4.0d.
>
> I've set os_authent_prefix to "" and added myself as a user
> with "create user dunnett identified externally", but when I
> try to run sqlplus from that account it tells me the username/password
> is invalid.
>
> I've tried putting the username in quotes so it stays in lowercase
> (like the OS username), but that didn't help.
>
> We have C2 security enabled on the system.
>
> Has anyone got this type of setup working? What's the secret?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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> Malcolm Dunnett Malaspina University-College Email: dunnett_at_mala.bc.ca
> Computer Services Nanaimo, B.C. CANADA V9R 5S5 Tel: (250)755-8738
>

This may be a stupid question, but did you bounce the database after setting the parameter? Also, did you run sqlplus with no user and no password?

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                                        Rick Wessman
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