Re: User identified externally

Hi Frank,

1 default, so ops$
2 use the prefix
3 no
4 You need to be logged in by the OS, ie you need to have connected to a network drive on the database server.

Hth,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA

Frank Calfo <fcalfo_at_psateam.com> wrote in message news:01bec27d$66072f40$e401010a_at_FRANK...
> I'm having trouble setting up a user identified externally in Oracle 7.3.4
> on NT 4.
>
> 1) Do I need the operating system prefix parameter set in the init.ora
file
> or can I leave it
> blank/default?
>
> 2) When I create the user account in oracle do I use the prefix or not?
> Ex. do I setup Fred
> or OPS$Fred
>
> 3) When connecting through SQL*Plus, must the user supply a password?
>
>
> 4) When using this option, does Oracle attempt to confirm the password
from
> the OS or does Oracle just assume that if you've logged into the OS then
it
> must be ok to let you in the database?
>
> Thanks.
>
Received on Tue Jun 29 1999 - 23:05:23 CDT