Remote Oracle access problem and solution

Hi,

   This is not a problem, but a solution to a problem I had involving remote access into Oracle 7.0.13 on an HP 9000 750 from a SUN machine. Bascically, with the correct connect string and using sqlplus on the SUN to try and access the HP Oracle Instance, I would get the error message:

	ERROR: ORA-01004: default username feature not supported; logon denied
	ORA-01988: remote os logon is not allowed

   To fix this (at least I think this is what did it), I entered these settings in the init.ora file for the HP Oracle instance:

	remote_os_authent = TRUE
	remote_os_roles = TRUE

And then I was able to access the HP Oracle instance with no problem from the SUN machine.

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