Re: Need help creating a database

Randy Harris wrote:
> I found the problem. Despite being embarrassed to admit what I found, I
> figure everyone deserves an explanation.
>
> A script supplied by a software vendor, that was supposed to create a new
> database for his application, overwrote the sqlnet.ora file. This is what it
> put in it:
>
> SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES = (NTS)
>
> I'd like to supply answers to the questions I figure you likely would ask:
>
> Yes, the server is Unix (Solaris)
> Yes, the script was supposed to be for Unix (it was named
> build_files_unix.pl)
> Yes, I'm the idiot that ran it (I wasn't too concerned about it scrweing up
> a new database, it didn't occur to me that it could cause "server level"
> problems)
> Yes, it took me nearly 3 days to find the problem (until I found the cause,
> I didn't make the connection betweent the vendor supplied script and the
> authentication problem)
>
> To everyone that offered help, please accept my sincere thanks. The solution
> ended up being pretty simple, but the problem caused me some severe grief.
>
> Randy Harris

Thanks for the update Randy, it can help people in the future. Some of us feel silly we didn't think of that. I'm curious what clued you to it, guessing you were looking around to see what changed (which is an obvious first thing to ask).

Lesson that should be learned: read and understand scripts from the outside world - before you run them.

jg

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>From Union-Tribune story about judge throwing out some of jury's

convictions, because a reasonable jury wouldn't have convicted based on
the evidence presented.