Re: os authentication question

In article <u9083rylh.fsf_at_us.oracle.com>,   Rick Wessman <rwessman_at_us.oracle.com> wrote:
> Doeni <doeni_at_evhr.net> writes:
>
> > kshave_at_health.gov.mb.ca wrote:
> > >
> > > Is it possible to log into an NT file server and have this
password
> > > authenticate you for all Oracle databases, no matter what machine
the
> > > database resides on? I know it works if the database resides on
the
> > > same machine you are logging into, but I'm curious to know if you
can
> > > use this for more.
> Sure. Just make sure that the database user is created as identified
> externally on all of the databases.
>
> > >
> > > -Keith
> > >
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> >
> > remote_os_authent=TRUE in init.ora
> > But be aware of the security hole.
> The name of this variable is a misnomer. It means to trust the
username sent
> by the client. In the case of NT authentication, the Oracle server
consults
> the operating system to see if the client been authenticated, rather
than
> blindly trusting the name sent by the client. Bottom line: this
variable
> does not need to be set for NT authentication to work. In addition,
it is a
> security hole so it should not be set to TRUE in any case.
> --
> Rick
> Rick Wessman
> Security and Directory
Technologies
> Server Technologies
> Oracle Corporation
> rwessman_at_us.oracle.com
>

If I'm using win95 at the workstation, logging into an NT server, do I need the remote_os_authent parameter (when the databases reside on unix servers elsewhere)?

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-Keith

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Share what you know. Learn what you don't. Received on Tue Jul 27 1999 - 07:48:17 CDT