Re: OS Authentication and ODBC

> Why do you want to authenticate to Oracle using OS authentication?

In one of the comanies I worked for's case it was so they did not ned to type in another password and username and maintain this list on the oracle system.
The users always just press ENTER when the login screen for the application comes up. They of course still login. But I guess it is to simplify maintenance of passwords ect.

> I am willing to stand corrected, but I think in essence, it boils down
> to this; unless you can make some sort of link between the OS
> authentication system and Access, you will always have to give Access
 a
> username / password pair. (Either because you need to logon to Access
> because you are using a custom *.mdw file or because the ODBC driver
> needs you to give it a username / password pair when you try and go
 out
> to Oracle).

Yes exactly but that "could be " what they want.

> The security implications of the above topics are not investigated and
> no implied recommendation of any method should be taken from the
above.

There are of course security issues. For example I could sit down on the DBA's PC when they are at lunch login to oracle turn off the server and delete all control files.

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