Re: logging onto svrmgrl remotely

Oops, that's what happens when you don't use Oracle for a month and half. Of course, you can connect remotely using svrmgrl - I just briefly forgot the syntax and confused it with sqlplus syntax. Duh!

In article <87fh2o$r3j$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>,   kal121_at_my-deja.com wrote:
> Can anybody answer these?
>
> 1. Can you log onto svrmgrl remotely? In other words, is it possible
to
> run svrmgrl locally while connecting to a remote machine?
>
> The reason I ask is, if you can't do this, then what's the point of
the
> REMOTE_LOGIN_PASSWORDFILE parameter? If you can't login remotely, it's
a
> moot point.
>
> 2. Okay, then what about sqlplus? Yes, you can run sqlplus locally,
but
> you're always going to have to login as a database user, so
> authentication is not occurring at the OS level, so who cares about
> REMOTE_LOGIN_PASSWORD?
>
> So my question is, when is REMOTE_LOGIN_PASSWORD in effect? Because so
> far I can't figure out a way to login to Oracle remotely unless I'm
> using sqlplus, in which case you're never authenticated at the OS
level.
> Not to mention, they're phasing out svrmgrl.
>
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Before you buy. Received on Mon Feb 07 2000 - 11:23:35 CST