Re: ORA-12641: Authentication service failed to initalize

On Mar 6, 11:43 am, eric <eric.ol..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> i've already gone through the steps to obtain my ticket with ktpass,
> and setup krb5.conf, krb.conf, and tnsnames.ora.
>
> when i obtain my ticket (it appears to work -- no errors produced).
> however, when i go to connect: sqlplus /@kb_oracle i get the following
> error: ERROR: ORA-12641: Authentication service failed to initalize,
> and get prompted to enter my password? anyone have any ideas??
>
> thanks,
>
> eric

Note:185897.1 on metalink is a troubleshooting guide, it notes the usual answer (enable tracing), as well as "Problem: Typographical error in the sqlnet.ora file. Most of the setting for Kerberos authentication in the sqlnet.ora file have the string '.KERBEROS5_' within them. The 'S5' often gets entered incorrectly. "

There's also a possible NTS issue if you are using windows, but since you don't say, I won't.

jg

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