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Hi
vpenmatsa_at_hotmail.com wrote:
>
> Hi, this is a simple problem ....
>
> I'm trying to use operating system (Windows NT 4.0) authentication for Oracle
> 8.0.5 ....
>
> So, according to the requirements, I set
>
> 1) SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES = (NTS) in sqlnet.ora file . 2)
> OS_AUTHENT_PREFIX = "" in the initorcl.ora file. 3) created the Windows NT
> user RANDY with a password 'RANDY'. 4) created the Oracle user RANDY with
> the external password verification . 5) I'm not using any domain name, the
> database is on a local machine .
6) Hence , I'm trying to connect to Oracle
> giving RANDY as username, 'RANDY' as password & a default database .
Try NOT to give a password, because the user/password handling is done
by NT already.
If that is not working, you could also try to give nothing more (or
less) than just a slash..
Hope it works,
Miriam Received on Wed Apr 28 1999 - 09:12:22 CDT