Re: External user authentication in Oracle8i

Using a hash file as an authentication mechanism is not directly supported in 8i.

One alternative, though, would be to do it indirectly through the Oracle Advanced Security RADIUS adapter. You could write a RADIUS plug-in that would do the authentication.

I get the impression, though, that this is a 3-tier environment. Is this correct? If so, let me know because there may be other options that you can use in that case.

                                       Rick

Shagun Tyagi <styagi_at_cisco.com> writes:

> Hi. How does external user authentication work in Oracle8i ??
> Specifically, what I want to know is how do I setup Oracle8i (8.1.5) to
> do user authentication using unix hash files ??
>
> Here are the details:
>
> I'll have users connecting to my database via internet/intranet. What I
> would like to accomplish is that I do not have to add generic passwords
> to these users when creating their account in my database; rather have
> the Oracle database use a unix hash file (something other than
> /etc/passwd file) to authenticate these users. Is this at all
> possible..?? If yes, how would I go about doing this...?? If not, is
> there a decent workaround this problem..??
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Regards
> Shagun Tyagi.

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                                        Rick Wessman
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