Re: Oracle 8i client installation on Windows 2000

Hi Spammy,
Thanks a lot for the response. That worked!

BTW, what is NTS?
Thanks.
Sudip

"Spammy Nono" <spambust_at_localhost.zz> wrote in message news:Prvw5.10076$Fl2.82947_at_nntpserver.swip.net...
> "Sudip Chakraborty" <sudip_at_inductis.com> wrote in message
> news:8ptpl0$e1m0l$1_at_ID-45409.news.cis.dfn.de...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a problem with installing Oracle 8i client on my Windows 2000
> > Professional workstation. I have both a local account and a domain
 account.
> > When I login to my domain account and install Oracle 8i client
 everything
> > works fine and I am able to create a local naming method and connect to
 a
> > remote Oracle 8i database server. When I login to my LOCAL account and
> > install Oracle 8i client, the installation seems to go fine but when I
 try
> > to create a local naming method and test the connection it says
 "Credential
> > retrieval failed".
> >
> > Has anyone run into this problem and if so have you found a way to fix
 this?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Sudip
> >
>
> It probably has to do with external authentication... I don't know
> why/when Oracle changed this to be default method.
> Look in sqlnet.ora for sqlnet.<something>=(NTS). Set it to (NONE)
> or comment out the line and try again.
>
> Regards
> /Fad
>
>
Received on Sun Sep 17 2000 - 14:16:36 CDT