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Re: ORA-12638

From: Alan Shein <alanshein_at_erols.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 14:22:53 -0500
Message-ID: <81c55h$14q$1@autumn.news.rcn.net>


ORA-12638 Credential retrieval failed
Cause: The authentication service failed to retrieve the credentials of a user.

Action: Enable tracing to determine the exact error.

Kaka <kaka_at_net-brothers.com> wrote in message news:8196jv$3ae$1_at_news.hk.linkage.net...
> Hi, there,
>
> I have set up Oracle running on windows NT server 4.0, then I set up a
> client on another NT server 4.0. Both machines work properly and I can
> connect from the client to the server no problem. However, I recently
setup
> Oracle Client on my lap top running windows 95, when I tried to run SQL
plus
> from windows95 and connect to the server, it kept saying
> ERROR:
> ORA-12638: Credential retrieval failed
>
> I would be very appreciated if some body could help.
>
> Thanks so much
>
>
> Richard
>
>
Received on Mon Nov 22 1999 - 13:22:53 CST

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